Books : The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics: From Albert Einstein to Stephen W. Hawking and From Annie Dillard to John Updike - an Eloquent ... Than 90 of This Century's Best-Known Writers
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by: Timothy Ferris
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370
EAN: 9780316281331
ISBN: 0316281336
Label: Back Bay Books
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 880
Publication Date: June 30, 1993
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Sales Rank: 673160
Studio: Back Bay Books
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Scientists at their best, explaining science to the public
Two of the worlds' most odious clichés relate to the scientific elite and are unfortunately often perpetrated by non-scientific academics. The first is that scientists crawl into an artificial environment and create monstrous things without regard to the consequences. The second is that the scientific upper-echelon finds it impossible to "lower" themselves to the level of everyone else. This collection of over 90 essays, written by the prime scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries, demolishes ... Read More
Rating:  - He could have had a V8
In a set of articles by great men that could have been worthwhile
we have a failure. I know because I have something real to compare this to
as contrastSource Book in Mathematics. What results is very like "The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age" in content.
What we have here is an anti-mathematics thesis with only vague points
to the real stuff.What results is a dumbed down collection that is really unworthy of the author. ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent
An excellent book to read on science and mathematic related ideas. It's easy to understand and fun to read. It doesn't only stop at the scientists' and mathematicians' lives and their work. Read it and find out... More!
Rating: - This book was well worth both my time and money.
I loved this book. It brings together the writings of some of the worlds greatest minds on the subject of science. This is a most read.
Rating: - A Big Bang of information
This book is obviously only geared towards those remotely interested in physics, so that's what it does: cater to the contemplative individual. Believe it or not, this collection of writings grabbed me from the first subtitle, 'Atoms in Motion', and literally propelled me through the next 800 pages of lectures and dissertations, ranging from Mr. Isaac Asimov to Albert Einstein. If you've been looking for a comprehensive and sometimes exhaustively extensive glimpse into the universe of physics and ... Read More
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