Brian L. Silver: The Ascent of Science

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A fascinating and highly accessible history of science from the Renaissance to the present. "Silver. . . leads a whirlwind tour through the wondrous worlds of molecular biology, animal evolution, quantum mechanics, and relativity."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review). 75 line illustrations.

Über den Autor

Brian Silver was Professor of Physical Chemistry, Israel Institute of Technology (now deceased)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction

Part 1

1: Newton Gets It Completely Wrong

2: I Believe

Part 2

3: Thomas Aquinas Vs. Neil Armstrong

4: The Second Law

5: Predicting Catstrophe

6: From Newton to de Sade - The Partial Triumph of Reason

7: From Rousseau to Blake - The Revolt Against Reason

Part 3

8: Lodestone, Amber, and Lightning

9: Belief and Action

Part 4

10: The Demise of Alchemy

11: The Nineteenth Century

12: The Material Trinity - The Atom

13: The Stuff of Existence

14: Scipio's Dream

Part 5

15: Making Waves

16: The Ubiquity of Motion

17: Energy

18: Entropy - Intimations of Immortality

19: Chaos

Part 6

20: The Slow Birth of Biology

21: In A Monastery Garden

22: Evolution

23: The Descent of Man

24: The Gene Machine

25: The Lords of Nature?

26: Life - The Molecular Battle

27: The Origin of Life? Take your Choice

Part 7

28: The Inexplicable Quantum

29: New Ways of Thinking

30: The Land of Pradox

31: The Elementary Particles

Part 8

32: Relativity

33: Cosmology

34: The Cosmos and Peeping Tom

35: The Impossibility of Creation

Part 9

36: The Tree of Death

37: "What the Devil Does it All Mean?"

Part 10

38: The Future

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2000
Genre:	Importe , Mathematik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780195134278
ISBN-10:	0195134273
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Silver, Brian L.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	280 x 210 x 30 mm
Von/Mit:	Brian L. Silver
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.04.2000
Gewicht:	1,342 kg