What Remains to Be Discovered
Autor John Maddoxen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 noi 1999
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ISBN-13: 9780684863009
ISBN-10: 0684863006
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 141 x 216 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Free Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0684863006
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 141 x 216 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Free Press
Locul publicării:United States
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The FUTURE Is HERE
What wonders of science will the 21st century bring? John Maddox takes up this challenge by describing precisely what remains to be discovered. Building on twenty-three years' experience at the helm of the world's preeminent science magazine, Nature, Maddox identifies new areas of discovery in physics, biology, health, intelligence, and global catastrophe. As Maddox shows, the rate of scientific discovery will continue to accelerate, hurtling us toward ever more exciting discoveries in the next century.
Descriere
A highly regarded scientist with a gift for clear and engaging prose takes readers to the cutting edge of current scientific inquiry, arguing that the future of science rests in the analysis of data and technology that currently exists, not in abstract theory. Line drawings.
Notă biografică
Sir John Maddon, Editor Emeritus of Nature, was knighted for services to science in 1994 and made Fellow of the American Academy of Sciences in 1996. He was editor of Nature for twenty-three years, 1966-1973 and 1980-1995. He lives in London and Wales.
Cuprins
Contents
Preface
Introduction: The River of Discovery
PART ONE: MATTER
...in which the origins of the universe and of matter are explored, as well as the prospects for a theory of everything
1 Beginning Without End
2 Simplicity Buried in Complexity
3 Everything at Once
PART TWO: LIFE
...in which the origin of life is considered as well as biological machinery, the riddle of the selfish gene, and the next human genome projects
4 The Likelihood of Life
5 Cooperation and Autonomy
6 The Genome and Its Faults
7 Nature's Family Tree
PART THREE: OUR WORLD
...in which the nature of our brain is explained, as well as our greatest invention, mathematics, and how we will avoid the catastrophes of the future
8 Thinking Machines
9 The Numbers Game
10 Avoidance of Calamity
Conclusion: What Lies Ahead
Notes
Index