As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make todayÕs cuttingÐedge technologies possible. Wanting everyone to be able to ÒspeakÓ science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explainsÐas accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videosÐthe fundamental ideas of the physical world: matter, life, the solar system, light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and much more. Along the way, Benamran guides us through the wildest hypotheses and most ingenious ideas of Galileo, Newton, Curie, Einstein, and scienceÕs other greatest minds, reminding us that while they werenÕt always exactly right, they were always curious. How to Speak Science acquaints us not only with what scientists know, but how they th
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. This book is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. Forfatter: Bill Bryson Forlag: Black Swan Udgivelsesår: 2004 Sider: 686 Sprog: Engelsk
Examines the role of humankind in the universe, addressing such concepts as the existence of time and space, relativity, and language in terms of the question of what the universe would be like if human beings were not around to observe or interpret it. Titel: The Human Touch Udgave: 1st Picador edition Genre: natur_videnskab_teknologi Sammendrag: Michael Frayn udforsker i "The Human Touch" menneskets rolle i universet og spørger, hvordan verden ville se ud uden observatører til at registrere, måle og fortolke den. Med afsæt i både filosofi og moderne kosmologi viser han, hvordan begreber som tid, rum, tal, tilfældighed, årsag, sprog og identitet afhænger af menneskelig erfaring. Frayn gennemgår historiske og nutidige ideer om forholdet mellem subjektiv oplevelse og objektiv virkelighed og argumenterer for, at universet, som vi kender det, altid er filtret sammen med menneskelig opfattel
200 opslag fra attraktor til økosystem Forfatter: Ib Ravn Forlag: Munksgaard/Rosinante Udgivelsesår: 1994 Sider: 224 Sprog: Dansk
Bogen udfordrer den bredt accepterede teori om evolution ved at præsentere både styrker og svagheder ved disse teorier. Den opfordrer til en kritisk gennemgang af evolutionsteorien og åbner op for en ny diskussion omkring videnskabelige antagelser. Type: Paperback
As Seen Through the Development of Scientific Instruments From the beginnings of history through to the 21st century and the 26-kilometre underground particle accelerator, this work describes the way that the design and production of scientific instruments has extended the frontiers of science. From the gnomons and sundials of ancient times to the 26-kilometer underground particle accelerator of the twenty-first century, this fascinating and enlightening volume by mathematician and anthropologist Thomas Crump shows how science has continually redefined the world's horizons, extended the frontiers of knowledge, and advanced human civilization. With sixteen pages of photographs, and vivid vignettes of scientists and their inventions, Crump guides readers through early attempts to measure time and space—from astronomical charts and calendars to Arabic numerals and algebraic notation—before
Forlag: Ukendt Type: Magasin
Kronologisk og temaopdelt beretning om menneskets forsøg på at trænge ind i naturens hemmeligheder indenfor astronomi, biologi, fysik, kemi, matematik og medicin, om naturvidenskab set i en filosofisk sammenhæng samt om forskere gennem tiderne Titel: Jagten på sandheden : videnskabens historie Genre: Naturvidenskab, videnskabshistorie, populærvidenskab Sammendrag: "Jagten på sandheden" giver en samlet introduktion til naturvidenskabens historie fra antikken til det 20. århundrede. Bogen beskriver, hvordan nysgerrige mennesker gennem tiderne har forsøgt at forstå verden ved hjælp af observationer, eksperimenter og matematik. Den præsenterer centrale gennembrud inden for astronomi, fysik, kemi, biologi, medicin og matematik og forklarer, hvordan nye teorier har afløst gamle forestillinger. Undervejs portrætteres vigtige videnskabspersoner som Aristoteles, Galilei, Marie Curie og Albert Ein