25 Big Ideas: The Science That's Changing Our World - Couverture souple

Matthews, Robert

 
9781851683918: 25 Big Ideas: The Science That's Changing Our World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1851683917 ISBN 13 : 9781851683918
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2005

Synopsis

From the Big Bang to the Theory of Everything, Sunday Telegraph Science Correspondent Robert Matthews takes us on a tour of twenty-five of the biggest ideas in modern science. Along the way, he explains how the theory that proved Einstein wrong might one day make teleportation possible; how the principles of mathematics could be used to broker peace treaties; and why the key to understanding some of the deepest mysteries of the universe could be linked to the barcode on our groceries. Matthews uncovers the major personalities in the history of science, from World War Two code breaker Alan Turing and his test for artificial intelligence, to modern scientists such as Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking. He explains key terms throughout and each ‘big idea’ also features a timeline charting the key discoveries.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert Matthews is Visiting Research Fellow at Aston University and Science Correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph. He writes regular columns for, among others, The New Scientist and Focus magazine, and has published papers on a range of subjects from cryptography to cosmology. Most famously, his research on Murphy's Law (why toast always lands butter-side down) won him a discourse to the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1851683917
ISBN 13 
9781851683918
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
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