Darwin meets Einstein : on the meaning of science / Frans W. Saris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saris, Frans W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Science--Philosophy--Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A witty, hard-hitting exploration of the ultimate aims of science in a dramatic form

Contents:

Darwin Meets Einstein; Contents; The temple of science; Diary of a physicist; Dear Zhong-lie; Alchemy; Worthwhile; Scientific nomads; Superheated Ice; Managing a discovery; Spy in the lab; B. Manfred Ullrich; Diary of a fusionist; Roger; Solar cells; Particle accelerators; The Silicon Age; The discoverer and the inventor; Jaap was right; Moore's law in Bilthoven; Teller in the Netherlands; The scientific life; Shopping; Fundamental research on matter; A vacuum is not nothing; Father of the atom; Who influenced Bohr?; Hooray for the electron; Decadence; Physics and faith

Theories of everythingA mind's eye; The mother of all knowledge; A matter of civilization; Why science?; Spinoza's God; Science through the looking glass ofliterature; Sir Charles; Darwin meets Einstein

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-003-69368-7

1-04-079904-3

1-282-59178-9

9786612591785

90-485-0830-4

9781003693680

OCLC:

607902626