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Importance of being interested : adventures in scientific curiosity / Robin Ince.

Van Pelt Library Q175.5 .I47 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ince, Robin, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Social aspects.
Science.
Science in popular culture.
Physical Description:
1 volume ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Atlantic Books, 2021.
Summary:
"Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers. In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn't just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more - as well as charting Robin's own journey with science - The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Introduction: the stars your destination
Scepticism
from the maelstrom of knowledge into the labyrinth of doubt
Is God on holiday?
are there still enough gaps for a God?
Armchair time-travel
putting out your beach blanket on the sands of time
Big, isn't it?
on coping with the size of the Universe
Escape velocity
on looking back at the planet from a height
Why aren't they here? Or are they?
on waiting for our alien saviours
Swinging from the family tree
inviting yeast to the family reunion
The mind is a chaos of delight
on the matter of grey matter
Reality, what a concept
can anything be what it seems?
Imagining there's no Heaven
on being finite
More important than knowledge
on the necessity of imagination
So it goes
facing up to the end of everything
Afterword.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781786492623
1786492628
9781838955953
183895595X
OCLC:
1241164879
Publisher Number:
99989315553

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