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Darwin Meets Einstein: On the Meaning of Science

Autor Frans Saris
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 noi 2009
In contrast to physicists, biologists already have the Theory of Everything. This is one of the underlying messages that physicist and author Frans W. Saris expresses in a collection of his essays, columns, diaries, and a play, published for the past twenty-five years in Dutch newspapers, journals and books. In the physics of Einstein, Bohr, Teller, Weinberg, B. Manfred Ullrich and the biology of Darwin, Tinbergen and De Waal, this witty and searching book explores in many dimensions the question: Why Science? Frans W.Saris argues that in our postmodern times we have lost the meaning of science and he puts science in an evolutionary perspective: science is not in the interest of intellectual or commercial competition, not for creating wealth, not even for fun. It is essential for our survival, the survival of humans, and the survival of life itself.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789089640581
ISBN-10: 9089640584
Pagini: 174
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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Notă biografică

Frans W. Saris is emeritus professor of physics and Dean of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Leiden. www.FransWSaris.nl

Cuprins

The temple of science, Diary of a physicist, Dear Zhong-lie, Alchemy, Worthwhile, Scientific nomads, Superheated Ice, Managing a discovery, Spy in the lab, B. Manfred Ullrich, Diary of a fusionist, Roger, Solar cells, Particle accelerators, The Silicon Age, The discoverer and the inventor, Jaap was right, Moore’s law in Bilthoven, Teller in the Netherlands, The scientific life, Shopping, Fundamental research on matter, A vacuum is not nothing, Father of the atom, Who influenced Bohr?, Hooray for the electron, Decadence, Physics and faith, Theories of everything, A mind’s eye, The mother of all knowledge, A matter of civilization, Why science?, Spinoza’s God, Science through the looking glass of literature, Sir Charles, Darwin meets Einstein

Descriere

A witty, hard-hitting exploration of the ultimate aims of science in a dramatic form.