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EBOOK Galileo's Finger:The Ten Great Ideas of Science
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191622502
EAN: 8532E568EB
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Stron: 400
Data wydania: 2004
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Any literate person should be familiar with the central ideas of modern science.          In his sparkling new book, Peter Atkins introduces his choice of the ten great ideas        of science. With wit, charm, patience, and astonishing insights, he leads the reader        through the emergence of the concepts, and then presents them in a strikingly        effective manner. At the same time, he works into his engaging narrative an        illustration of the scientific method and shows how simple ideas can have        enormousconsequences.His choice of the ten great ideas are:* Evolution occurs by        natural selection, in which the early attempts at explaining the origin of species        is followed by an account of the modern approach and some of its unsolved problems.*        Inheritance is encoded in DNA, in which the story of the emergence of an        understanding of inheritance is followed through to the mapping of the human        genome.* Energy is conserved, in which we see how the central concept of energy        gradually dawned on scientists as they mastered the motion of particles and the        concept of heat.* All change is the consequence of the purposeless collapse of        energy and matter into disorder, in which the extraordinarily simple concept of        entropy is used to account for events in the world.* Matter is atomic, in which we        see how the concept of atoms emerged and how the different personalities of the        elements arise from the structures of their atoms.* Symmetry limits, guides, and        drives, in which we see how concepts related to beauty can be extended to understand        the nature of fundamental particles and the forces that act between them.* Waves        behave like particles and particles behave like waves, in which we see how old        familiar ideas gave way to the extraordinary insights of quantum theory and        transformed our perception of matter.* The universe is expanding, in which we see        how a combination of astronomy and a knowledge of elementary particles accounts for        the origin of the universe and its long term future.* Spacetime is curved by matter,        in which we see the emergence of the theories of special and general relativity and        come to understand the nature of space and time.* If arithmetic is consistent, then        it is incomplete, in which we learn the origin of numbers and arithmetic, see how        the philosophy of mathematics lets us understand the nature of this most cerebral of        subjects, and are brought to the limits of its power.C. P. Snow once said 'not        knowing the second law of thermodynamics is like never having read a work by        Shakespeare'. This is an extraordinary, exciting book that not only will make you        literate in science but give you deep enjoyment on the way.

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