Exploring the universe : essays on science and technology / edited by P. Day.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Day, P.

Series:

Essays on Science and Technology from the Royal Institution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press : Royal Institution, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This diverse selection of essays from the Royal Institution's Evening Discourses provides an accessible summary of current thinking in many areas of science and technology. Written by seven eminent contributors, the essays explore areas ranging from ancient aphrodisiacs to the latest pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, from safety's debt to Davy and Faraday to the role of alcohol in the development of civilization. - ;Much of our present knowledge of the Universe has come from observations made over the centuries with ever more powerful telescopes, operating from isolated mountain to

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of plates; List of contributors; Aphrodisiacs, psychedelics, and the elusive magic bullet; The Woodhull Lecture: visual art and the visual; Exploring the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope; Sheathing the two-edged sword: one hundred years of radioactivity; Alcohol and the development of human civilization; Incremental decisions in a complex world; Safety's debt to Davy and Faraday; The Royal Institution

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-92376-9

0-19-150642-7

OCLC:

823719593