The Ascent of Science - Hardcover

Silver, Brian L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195116992 ISBN 13: 9780195116991

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1998

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From the revolutionary discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the mind-bending theories of Einstein and Heisenberg, from plate tectonics to particle physics, from the origin of life to universal entropy, and from biology to cosmology, here is a sweeping, readable, and dynamic account of the whole of Western science. In the readable manner and method of Stephen Jay Gould and Carl Sagan, the late Brian L. Silver translates our most important, and often most obscure, scientific developments into a vernacular that is not only accessible and illuminating but also enjoyable. Silver makes his comprehensive case with much clarity and insight; he locates science as the apex of human reason, and reason as our best path to the truth. For all readers curious about--and especially those perhaps intimidated by--what Silver calls "the scientific campaign up to now" in his Preface, The Ascent of Science will be fresh, vivid, and fascinating reading.

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About the Author:
Brian Silver is Professor of Physical Chemistry, Israel Institute of Technology

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195116992
• ISBN 13: 9780195116991
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 534
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