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
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
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 enormous consequences.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 co
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
Om de fysiske legemer i universet og på Jorden, om planter og dyr, om menneskelegemet og dets funktioner, om systematisering og evolutionsteorier og om at lære at iagttage Titel: De gjorde verden større : beretningen om de store pionerer - forskere, opfindere, tænkere og opdagelsesrejsende. Bind 2, Naturen Udgave: 1. udgave Sammendrag: Beretningen om de store opdagelsesrejsende, naturvidenskabsmænd, opfindere og tænkere, der bragte menneskeheden fremad. Type: Hardcover
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
Opdagelsen af atomet, jordens alder, det periodiske system og Venus måne. Naturvidenskabens historie er fyldt med opdagelser, der har vendt op og ned på vores forestillinger om verden. Videnskabshistoriker Helge Kragh fortæller om nogle af de vigtigste opdagelser inden for de fysiske videnskaber - kemi, fysik og astronomi - som har været med til at danne vores teorier om, hvordan verden hænger sammen. Det er også historien om berømte videnskabsmænd som Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Bohr og Einstein, ligesom Helge Kragh giver eksempler på, hvordan naturvidenskabens opdagelser er blevet til bredere strømninger inden for kultur- og idéhistorien. Forfatter: Helge Kragh Sprog: Dansk Antal sider: 343 Forlag: Lindhardt og Ringhof Udgivelsesår: 2020 Historien om hvordan naturvidenskaben bliver til, og om nogle af de vigtigste opdagelser inden for de fysiske videnskaber - kemi, fysik og astronomi - so
Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. Titel: Wonders of the universe Forfattere: Professor Brian Cox,Andrew Cohen Genre: Videnskab Type: Hardcover
