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Great Essays in Science

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780879758530
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Great Essays in Science written by Martin Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Gardner, author of numerous books on science, mathematics, and pseudo-science, has assembled thirty-four extraordinary essays by eminent philosophers, scientists, and writers on the fundamental aspects of modern science. As Gardner makes clear in his preface to the formerly titled Sacred Beetle and Other Great Essays in Science, his intent is not to teach the reader science or to report on the latest trends and discoveries. "Rather, the purpose of this book is to spread before the reader, whether his or her interest in science be passionate or mild, a sumptuous feast of great writing - absorbing, thought-disturbing pieces that have something to say about science and say it forcibly and well." Gardner's entertaining biographical commentaries make Great Essays in Science a rich store of good reading and an informal history of the people and ideas that have shaped our culture and transformed our everyday lives. This collection includes works by Isaac Asimov, Rachel Carson, Charles Darwin, John Dewey, Albert Einstein, Jean Henri Fabre, Sigmund Freud, Stephen Jay Gould, Aldous Huxley, Julian Huxley, William James, Ernest Nagel, Bertrand Russell, Carl Sagan, Lewis Thomas, H.G. Wells, and others.

Great Essays in Science

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Great Essays in Science written by Martin Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Future Science

Author : Max Brockman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191628182
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Future Science written by Max Brockman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next wave of science writing is here. Editor Max Brockman has talent-spotted 19 young scientists, working on leading-edge research across a wide range of fields. Nearly half of them are women, and all of them are great communicators: their passion and excitement makes this collection a wonderfully invigorating read. We hear from an astrobiologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena about the possibilities for life elsewhere in the solar system (and the universe); from the director of Yale's Comparative Cognition Laboratory about why we keep making the same mistakes; from a Cambridge lab about DNA synthesis; from the Tanzanian savannah about what lies behind attractiveness; we hear about how to breed plants to withstand disease, about ways to extract significance from the Interne's enormous datasets, about oceanography, neuroscience, microbiology, and evolutionary psychology.

I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier

Author : Max F. Perutz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198590279
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier written by Max F. Perutz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays from Nobel Laureate Max Perutz explores a wide range of scientific and personal topics with insight and lucidity. It includes lively anecdotes about key figures in 20th-century science.

Great Essays in Science

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Great Essays in Science written by Martin Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Atom and Void

Author : J. Robert Oppenheimer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400860288
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Atom and Void written by J. Robert Oppenheimer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the outstanding physicists of his generation. He was also an immensely gifted writer and speaker, who thought deeply about the way that scientific discoveries have changed the way people live and think. Displaying his subtlety of thought and expression as do few other documents, this book of his lectures discusses the moral and cultural implications of developments in modern physics. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

An Idiot’s Fugitive Essays on Science

Author : C. Truesdell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461381851
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book An Idiot’s Fugitive Essays on Science written by C. Truesdell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When, after the agreeable fatigues of solicitation, Mrs Millamant set out a long bill of conditions subject to which she might by degrees dwindle into a wife, Mirabell offered in return the condition that he might not thereby be beyond measure enlarged into a husband. With age and experience in research come the twin dangers of dwindling into a philosopher of science while being enlarged into a dotard. The philosophy of science, I believe, should not be the preserve of senile scientists and of teachers of philosophy who have themselves never so much as understood the contents of a textbook of theoretical physics, let alone done a bit of mathematical research or even enjoyed the confidence of a creating scientist. On the latter count I run no risk: Any reader will see that I am untrained (though not altogether unread) in classroom philosophy. Of no ignorance of mine do I boast, indeed I regret it, but neither do I find this one ignorance fatal here, for few indeed of the great philosophers to explicate whose works hodiernal professors of phil osophy destroy forests of pulp were themselves so broadly and specially trained as are their scholiasts. In attempt to palliate the former count I have chosen to collect works written over the past thirty years, some of them not published before, and I include only a few very recent essays.

Essays in Science

Author : Albert Einstein
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453204792
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Essays in Science written by Albert Einstein and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Authorized Albert Einstein Archives Edition: An homage to the men and women of science, and an exposition of Einstein’s place in scientific history. In this fascinating collection of articles and speeches, Albert Einstein reflects not only on the scientific method at work in his own theoretical discoveries, but also eloquently expresses a great appreciation for his scientific contemporaries and forefathers, including Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Max Planck, and Niels Bohr. While Einstein is renowned as one of the foremost innovators of modern science, his discoveries uniquely his own, through his own words it becomes clear that he viewed himself as only the most recent in a long line of scientists driven to create new ways of understanding the world and to prove their scientific theories. Einstein’s thoughtful examinations explain the “how” of scientific innovations both in his own theoretical work and in the scientific method established by those who came before him. This authorized ebook features a new introduction by Neil Berger, PhD, and an illustrated biography of Albert Einstein, which includes rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Essays in Popular Science

Author : Julian Huxley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Essays in Popular Science written by Julian Huxley and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Adding a Dimension

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Adding a Dimension written by Isaac Asimov and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays which were originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, on science and mathematucs.

Tales of the Rational

Author : Massimo Pigliucci
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Rational written by Massimo Pigliucci and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Turning Points

Author : Damon Knight
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575111429
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Turning Points written by Damon Knight and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culled from the most imaginative and provocative minds of the pas thirty years, these pieces demonstrate the vitality and diversity, the excitement and commitment of the writers who helped make science fiction what it is today.

The Sacred Beetle and Other Great Essays in Science

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Beetle and Other Great Essays in Science written by Martin Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020

Author : Michio Kaku
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 0358074290
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020 written by Michio Kaku and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku. "Scientists and science writers have a monumental task: making science exciting and relevant to the average person, so that they care," writes renowned American physicist Michio Kaku. "If we fail in this endeavor, then we must face dire consequences." From the startlingly human abilities of AI, to the devastating accounts of California's forest fires, to the impending traffic jam on the moon, the selections in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing explore the latest mysteries and marvels occurring in our labs and in nature. These gripping narratives masterfully translate the work of today's brightest scientists, offering a clearer view of our world and making us care. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2020 INCLUDES RIVKA GALCHEN - ADAM GOPNIK - FERRIS JABR - JOSHUA SOKOL - MELINDA WENNER MOYER - SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE - NATALIE WOLCHOVER and others

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021

Author : Ed Yong
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 0358400066
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 written by Ed Yong and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in 2020. "The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy, sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science does not exist in a social vacuum. They are beautiful, whether in their clarity of ideas, the elegance of their prose, or often both." The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing brought clarity to the complexity and bewilderment of 2020 and delivered us necessary information during a global pandemic. From an in-depth look at the moment of the virus's outbreak, to a harrowing personal account of lingering Covid symptoms, to a thoughtful analysis on how the pandemic will impact the environment, these essays, as Yong says, "synthesize, evaluate, dig, unveil, and challenge," imbuing a pivotal moment in history with lucidity and elegance. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2021 INCLUDES - SUSAN ORLEAN - EMILY RABOTEAU - ZEYNEP TUFEKCI - HELEN OUYANG - HEATHER HOGAN BROOKE JARVIS - SARAH ZHANG and others

The Best Science Writing Online 2012

Author : Bora Zivkovic
Publisher : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374709858
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Best Science Writing Online 2012 written by Bora Zivkovic and published by Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing more than fifty of the most provocative, original, and significant online essays from 2011, The Best Science Writing Online 2012 will change the way we think about science— from fluids to fungi, poisons to pirates. Featuring noted authors and journalists as well as the brightest up-and-comers writing today, this collection provides a comprehensive look at the fascinating, innovative, and trailblazing scientific achievements and breakthroughs of 2011, along with elegant and thoughtprovoking new takes on favorite topics. This is the sixth anthology of online essays edited by Bora Zivkovic, the blogs editor at Scientific American, and with each new edition, Zivkovic expands his fan base and creates a surge of excitement about upcoming compilations. Now everyone's favorite collection will reach new horizons and even more readers. Guest-edited and with an introduction by the renowned science author and blogger Jennifer Ouellette, The Best Science Writing Online 2012 marries cutting-edge science with dynamic writing that will inspire us all.

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

Author : Mary Roach
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547678460
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 written by Mary Roach and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling author of Packing for Mars presents fascinating essays by Jonathan Lethem, Jaron Lanier, Malcom Gladwell and others. Good science writing, as Mary Roach explains in her introduction, is a cure for ignorance and fallacy. But great science writing adds honey—in the form of engaging characters, stories, and wit—to make the medicine go down. This anthology reveals the essential humanity in our endless quest for knowledge and understanding. From a study of avian mating habits with unintended political implications to a sober exploration of the panic surrounding artificial intelligence, The Best Science and Nature Writing 2011 offers food for thought in a variety of flavors. The Best Science and Nature Writing 2011 includes entries by Deborah Blum, Burkhard Bilger, Ian Frazier, David H. Freedman, Atul Gawande, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Ketcham, Jill Sisson Quinn, Oliver Sachs, and others.