The Ascent of Science - Hardcover

Silver, Brian L.

 
9780195116991: The Ascent of Science
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195116992 ISBN 13: 9780195116991
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

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

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Verlag
Oxford University Press Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0195116992
ISBN 13 
9780195116991
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Anzahl der Seiten
534
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