Talking Science - Brossura

Hart-Davis, Adam

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0470093021 ISBN 13: 9780470093023

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2004

Riassunto

Adam Hart Davis has interviewed some of the most influential scientists and thinkers of our time. In this fascinating insight into modern science he presents the stories behind the science, the difficulties behind the discoveries and the future of the findings, as explained by the people themselves.

Adam Hart Davis talks with:

Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK)

Sir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK)

Colleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US)

Richard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) .

Loren Graham (MIT, US)

Richard Gregory (Bristol, UK)

Eric Lander (MIT, US)

Lord May of Oxford (UK)

John Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK)

Rosalind Picard (MIT, US)

Peter Raven (St Louis, US)

Sir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK)

Eugenie Scott (Oakland, US)

Lewis Wolpert (UCL, UK)

Su questo libro

Informazioni sull?autore

Adam Hart-Davis is a successful freelance broadcaster, writer and photographer. He is an acclaimed presenter of TV programmes, primarily for the BBC, that make science, technology and history accessible to a wide audience. Before becoming a presenter he was a TV producer on a wide range of programmes for commercial television.
Adam Hart-Davis holds a Dphil from York University and an MA in Chemistry from Oxford University. He was educated at Eton College. He completed three years post doctoral research in Canada and the UK and several years in Oxford University Press before beginning his television career at Yorkshire Television.
Full details of the programmes on which he has worked can be found on his web-site:

Dalla quarta di copertina

TV personality Adam Hart-Davis meets 14 of the world's leading scientitsts to discuss their work, their passions, and those elusive ground-breaking moments in their lives.

This is a book that shows how science can explain the world that we inherited and shape the world that we would like to leave for future generations.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

• Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK) tells her personal story of the discovery of the first pulsar.
• Sir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK) ties knots in nothing.
• Richard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) explains what Darwinism means today.
• Loren Graham (MIT, US) explains why Stalin's top-down policy meant that no Russian engineering project would ever work properly.
• Richard Gregory (Bristol, UK) explores some of the visual illusions that so easily fool us.
• Eric Lander (MIT, US) discusses the excitement of the human genome project.
• Lord May of Oxford (UK) President of the Royal Society talks about chaos, ecology and HIV.
• John Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK) disccuses why we bother with sex.
• Rosalind Picard (MIT, US) believes in wearable computers that understand our emotions.
• Sir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK) Astronomer Royal, discusses the big bang, black holes and the end of the universe.
• Eugenie Scott (Oakland, US) is a leading campaigner for the teaching in schools of evolution rather than creationism.
• Lewis Wolpert (UCL, UK) speaks on the ethics and practicality of cloning and on his depression.
• Colleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US) describes the excitement and discomfort of exploring the deep ocean.
• Peter Raven (St Louis, US) is a leading advocate of biodiversity - described by Time magazine as a hero for the planet.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0470093021
• ISBN 13: 9780470093023
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 280
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile