On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA
Autor Melvyn Braggen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2000
On Giants′ Shoulders elucidates the milestones in the history of science, focusing on twelve of the greatest minds and their extraordinary breakthroughs. From Galileo and Newton to Darwin, Freud, and Einstein, author Melvyn Bragg explores the life, work, and legacy of these remarkable people in conversations with today′s leading scientists and historians, including Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Martin Rees, Oliver Sacks, John Gribbon, and Paul Davies. Ranging from the foundation of hydrostatics in the third century B.C. to the discovery of DNA′s structure in our own time, this is an accessible and thought–provoking roundtable on the seminal scientific discoveries of the past 2,500 years.
Melvyn Bragg is an acclaimed journalist in England, host of the popular television interview show the South Bank Show (broadcast in the U.S. on Bravo), and the author of seventeen novels and five works of nonfiction.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780471396840
ISBN-10: 0471396842
Pagini: 386
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 0471396842
Pagini: 386
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
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General Readers interested in science, Students from highschool age up in general science courses.Descriere
Explore the twelve greatest minds in the history of science with some of todays top scientific thinkers Ranging from the foundation of hydrostatics in the third century b.c. to the discovery of DNAs structure in our own time, On Giants Shoulders is an accessible and thought–provoking round table on the seminal discoveries of science and the originators behind them. "Well–known English journalist Melvyn Bragg presents stimulating portraits . . . [and] well–rounded evaluations of each pioneers life and influence."Publishers Weekly "What makes this book work so well is that Bragg is a fine journalist applying his skills as an outsider to blow away the pretensions and reveal some of the mechanics and motivations of what is still a remarkably closed world." New Scientist "Each life is pored over in a brief but brilliant intellectual postmortem with the help of prominent contemporary scientists. . . . Here are the paranoia, the blind alleys of research, the rivalry, and many collisions of intellectual heavyweights. . . . On Giants Shoulders holds delights for both scientist and lay person."KEVIN OSULLIVAN, Irish Times "What makes the result special is Braggs unusual relationship to his subject. His gentle probing and the selection of material address exactly the questions about science and scientists that interest outsiders."JOHN GRIBBIN, The Independent "This is an enchanting book, because it is a book produced by a clever man listening intently. . . . Science is not, in truth, a daunting alien territory. But characteristically, it seems to want to tell us the answers dogmatically, before we are sure what questions we would like to ask. On Giants Shoulders asks just those kinds of questions."LISA JARDINE, The Times (London)
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Explore the twelve greatest minds in the history of science with some of todays top scientific thinkers Ranging from the foundation of hydrostatics in the third century b.c. to the discovery of DNAs structure in our own time, On Giants Shoulders is an accessible and thought–provoking round table on the seminal discoveries of science and the originators behind them. "Well–known English journalist Melvyn Bragg presents stimulating portraits . . . [and] well–rounded evaluations of each pioneers life and influence."Publishers Weekly "What makes this book work so well is that Bragg is a fine journalist applying his skills as an outsider to blow away the pretensions and reveal some of the mechanics and motivations of what is still a remarkably closed world." New Scientist "Each life is pored over in a brief but brilliant intellectual postmortem with the help of prominent contemporary scientists. . . . Here are the paranoia, the blind alleys of research, the rivalry, and many collisions of intellectual heavyweights. . . . On Giants Shoulders holds delights for both scientist and lay person."KEVIN OSULLIVAN, Irish Times "What makes the result special is Braggs unusual relationship to his subject. His gentle probing and the selection of material address exactly the questions about science and scientists that interest outsiders."JOHN GRIBBIN, The Independent "This is an enchanting book, because it is a book produced by a clever man listening intently. . . . Science is not, in truth, a daunting alien territory. But characteristically, it seems to want to tell us the answers dogmatically, before we are sure what questions we would like to ask. On Giants Shoulders asks just those kinds of questions."LISA JARDINE, The Times (London)
Cuprins
Archimedes (C. 287 BC–212 BC) (L. Jardine, et al.). Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) (M. Biagioli, et al.).
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) (J. Gribbin, et al.).
Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794) (P. Atkins, et al.).
Michael Faraday (1791–1867) (G. Cantor, et al.).
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) (J. Browne, et al.).
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) (J. Green, et al.).
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) (S. Greenfield, et al.).
Marie Curie (1867–1934) (F. Balibar, et al.).
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) (J. Burnell, et al.).
Francis Crick (1916–) and James Watson (1928–) (J. Watson, et al.).
Where Are We Now? (I. Aleksander, et al.).
Further Reading.
Acknowledgments.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) (J. Gribbin, et al.).
Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794) (P. Atkins, et al.).
Michael Faraday (1791–1867) (G. Cantor, et al.).
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) (J. Browne, et al.).
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) (J. Green, et al.).
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) (S. Greenfield, et al.).
Marie Curie (1867–1934) (F. Balibar, et al.).
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) (J. Burnell, et al.).
Francis Crick (1916–) and James Watson (1928–) (J. Watson, et al.).
Where Are We Now? (I. Aleksander, et al.).
Further Reading.
Acknowledgments.
Notă biografică
MELVYN BRAGG is an acclaimed journalist and author in England, host of the popular television interview show the South Bank Show, and of the BBC radio show Start the Week. He is the author of seventeen novels and five works of nonfiction, including biographies of Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier.