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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... result of what may properly be described as an accident. The use of such a word need not imply any surprise that our earth exists, for accidents will happen, and if the universe goes on for long enough, every conceivable accident is ...
... result of what may properly be described as an accident. The use of such a word need not imply any surprise that our earth exists, for accidents will happen, and if the universe goes on for long enough, every conceivable accident is ...
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... results not only in civilizations but in all the events in the world and the universe beyond. It accounts for all ... result in energy being passed in either direction; but there are so many more atoms in the world outside than in the ...
... results not only in civilizations but in all the events in the world and the universe beyond. It accounts for all ... result in energy being passed in either direction; but there are so many more atoms in the world outside than in the ...
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... results in its heaping there. If the energy began in a heap initially organized elsewhere, it will be found later in a heap in the region where the platforms are most dense. A casual observer will wonder why the energy chose to go there ...
... results in its heaping there. If the energy began in a heap initially organized elsewhere, it will be found later in a heap in the region where the platforms are most dense. A casual observer will wonder why the energy chose to go there ...
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... resulting in reactions are commonplace. That is one reason why consciousness has already emerged from the inanimate matter of the original creation. If atoms had been as strongly bound as nuclei, the initial primitive form of matter ...
... resulting in reactions are commonplace. That is one reason why consciousness has already emerged from the inanimate matter of the original creation. If atoms had been as strongly bound as nuclei, the initial primitive form of matter ...
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... results—is the power of many, many small but cumulative changes. Natural selection cannot jump from the primaeval soup to orchids and ants all in one go, at a single stroke. But it can get there through millions of small changes, each ...
... results—is the power of many, many small but cumulative changes. Natural selection cannot jump from the primaeval soup to orchids and ants all in one go, at a single stroke. But it can get there through millions of small changes, each ...
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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