We Are All Stardust: Scientists Who Shaped Our World Talk about Their Work, Their Lives, and What They Still Want to Know - Couverture souple

Klein, Stefan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1615190597 ISBN 13 : 9781615190591

Editeur : The Experiment, 2015

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Stefan Klein, PhD, has studied physics and analytical philosophy, and holds a doctorate in biophysics. After several years as an academic researcher, he turned to writing about science for a general audience. From 1996 to 1999, he was an editor at Der Spiegel, Germany's leading news magazine, and in 1998 he won the prestigious Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism. Today, Klein is recognised as one of Europe's most influential science writers and journalists. His interviews with the world's leading scientists are a regular feature in Germany's Zeit magazine. His books, which have been translated into more than 25 languages, include the number one international bestseller The Science of Happiness, The Secret Pulse of Time, and Leonardo's Legacy. A frequent speaker and university guest lecturer, he lives with his family in Berlin. Ross Benjamin is a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow. He has received the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize as well as a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Translation. He is currently at work on a translation of Franz Kafka's complete Diaries, to be published by Liveright/Norton.

Revue de presse :

'The dazzling clutch of scientific minds caught in mid-thought here makes for a read that provokes thought in its turn ... This collection sees science writer Stefan Klein interview the likes of anthropologist Sarah Hardy and astronomer Martin Rees. Delights abound.' --Barbara Kiser, Nature

'Klein has chosen an eclectic group to tackle everything from expected questions about their areas of study to issues concerning religion, morality, pain, and parenthood ... He is exceedingly well read in the work of his interviewees, and they exchange ideas with ease, moving readily from deeply technical concepts to pop culture, making for an exceedingly welcome volume that will expose readers to all manner of topics that are likely new to them in a manner that focuses first on the lively personalities of the scientists, while slowly diving into their work ... Truly enjoyable.' --Booklist

'If you want to get a glimpse of the workings of some great minds and find out how a trip in a sports car led to a Novel Prize and what Lord Rees nearly ended up doing for a living this is the book for you.' --BBC Focus

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Experiment
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1615190597
• ISBN 13: 9781615190591
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288