The Oxford Book of Modern Science WritingRichard Dawkins Oxford University Press, 13 de mar. de 2008 - 439 páginas Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This is a rich and vibrant collection that captures the poetry and excitement of communicating scientific understanding and scientific effort from 1900 to the present day. Professor Dawkins has included writing from a diverse range of scientists, some of whom need no introduction, and some of whose works have become modern classics, while others may be less familiar - but all convey the passion of great scientists writing about their science. |
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... atoms.' Peter Ranscombe, The Scotsman 'A glorious celebration of literary scientists.' Harry Richie, Mail on Sunday 'A SPARKLING anthology.' David Sinclair, The Tribune 'An excellent collection ... A very impressive anthology and one ...
... atoms.' Peter Ranscombe, The Scotsman 'A glorious celebration of literary scientists.' Harry Richie, Mail on Sunday 'A SPARKLING anthology.' David Sinclair, The Tribune 'An excellent collection ... A very impressive anthology and one ...
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... atomic. I shall revert to this later in the book, when I discuss the difficulties experienced by the evolved human mind as we try to understand the extreme realms of science far from the middle ground in which our ancestors survived ...
... atomic. I shall revert to this later in the book, when I discuss the difficulties experienced by the evolved human mind as we try to understand the extreme realms of science far from the middle ground in which our ancestors survived ...
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... atoms. This 'human scale' is, in a numerical sense, poised midway between the masses of atoms and stars. It would take roughly as many human bodies to make up the of the Sun as there are atoms in each of us. But our Sun is just an ...
... atoms. This 'human scale' is, in a numerical sense, poised midway between the masses of atoms and stars. It would take roughly as many human bodies to make up the of the Sun as there are atoms in each of us. But our Sun is just an ...
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... atoms and subatomic particles; this is the 'quantum world'. On the right are planets, stars and galaxies. This book will highlight some remarkable interconnections between the microscales on the left and the macroworld on the right. Our ...
... atoms and subatomic particles; this is the 'quantum world'. On the right are planets, stars and galaxies. This book will highlight some remarkable interconnections between the microscales on the left and the macroworld on the right. Our ...
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... atoms. Galaxies may be held together by the gravity of a huge swarm of subnuclear particles. Symbolized 'gastronomically'at the top, is the ultimate synthesis that still eludes us—between the cosmos and the quantum. Lengths spanning ...
... atoms. Galaxies may be held together by the gravity of a huge swarm of subnuclear particles. Symbolized 'gastronomically'at the top, is the ultimate synthesis that still eludes us—between the cosmos and the quantum. Lengths spanning ...
Conteúdo
PART II WHO SCIENTISTS ARE | 149 |
PART III WHAT SCIENTISTS THINK | 245 |
PART IV WHAT SCIENTISTS DELIGHT IN | 347 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 397 |
INDEX | 401 |
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