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Bezig met laden... Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics (1995)door Michael Guillen
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. NF This has got to be one of the best popular science book I've read in a while! My other favorite is a short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson. I would highly recommend this book to all students of physics. The author gives a narrative account of the events that led up to the discovery of 5 important concepts in physics. His style of writing is poetic, accessible, and engaging. Instead of a factual account of each character, he weaved in bits of his interpretation of their personalities to make the book more interesting. I enjoyed reading about how the inquiry of science evolved from ancient philosophers, and the historical events which led to the famous equations. La curiosità umana Le 5 equazioni che hanno cambiato il mondo sono pure espressioni matematiche, che possono sembrare aride e fredde, ma una cosa fondamentale non bisogna mai dimenticare: sono state elaborate da uomini. L'autore ci porta in un viaggio nel tempo attraverso le vite di uomini geniali come Isaac Newton, Daniel Bernoulli, Michael Faraday, Rudolf Clausius e Albert Einstein. Professore ad Harvard, Guillen si dedica da tempo alla divulgazione scientifica rendendo questo testo scorrevole e per certi versi anche "romantico". Questi uomini di una umanità sconvolgente che vivevano una condizione umana non sempre avvolta dalla gloria (essere uomini di scienza godeva di poca o nulla considerazione) ma erano pervasi da una curiosità divorante per i misteri del mondo che li circondava. Quella curiosità che Einstein definiva "una piccola, delicata pianticella che ha soprattutto bisogno di libertà" e che ha portato rivoluzioni nelle nostre vite che, nel bene e nel male, distinguono l'uomo come una creatura dalle mille sfaccettature e capacità. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"In Five Equations That Changed the World, Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the Science Editor on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, tells the amazing stories of the people and discoveries that led to the five most powerful and important scientific achievements in human history. In doing so, Dr. Guillen reveals in simple, everyday language the secret world of mathematics." "It was through the brilliance of these five fascinating people: a sickly love-starved loner; an emotionally abused prodigy from a dysfunctional family; a religious, poverty-stricken illiterate; a soft-spoken widower living in perilous times; and a smart-alecky high-school dropout - that we were able to harness the power of electricity, fly in airplanes, land astronauts on the moon, build a nuclear bomb, and understand the mortality of all life on Earth."--Jacket. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)530.15Natural sciences and mathematics Physics Physics Theoretical Physics Mathematical PhysicsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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