Jim Al-Khalili
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A myth-shattering view of the medieval Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations, which preceded-and enabled-the European Renaissance. The Arabic legacy of science and philosophy has long been hidden from the West. British-Iraqi physicist Jim Al-Khalili unveils that legacy to fascinating effect by returning to its roots in the hubs of Arab innovation that would advance science and jump-start the European Renaissance. Inspired by the Koranic injunction...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In The Joy of Science, Jim Al-Khalili presents eight lessons that serve as a guide to thinking and living life a little more scientifically. It is a gentle entrée to the conceptual core of what science is and the spirit of how it is practiced, which will help any reader understand how to live a more rational life and benefit from doing so. The book will connect the lay public with what science fundamentally is - not knowledge per se, but rather...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book frames the nature and importance of modern physics in an accessible, compelling, succinct way, showing lay readers that physics is crucial to our modern understanding of the world-and indeed the world as we currently know and experience it. Through the narrative, the book naturally describes essential facets of what physics is and why it has become such a (some might say, the) fundamental science. In addition, the reader will gain a sense...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Bringing the material up to date, this second edition captures the new ideas and discoveries made in physics since the publication of the best-selling first edition. While retaining the popular format and style of its predecessor, this edition explores the latest developments in high-energy astroparticle physics and Big Bang cosmology. The book continues to make the ideas and theories of modern physics easily understood by anyone, from researchers...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? It is remarkable that in this age of cloning and even synthetic biology, nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Like Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene which provided a new perspective on evolution by shifting the focus of natural selection from...
Author
Publisher
Izdatelʹstvo AST
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Russian
Description
The modern world is unpredictable and full of paradoxes, and it can be difficult to navigate its complexities and contradictions. The Joy of Science contains eight short lessons that will help to reveal the clarity, power and joy of a scientific view of the world. In this short guide to a rational way of life, the famous physicist Jim Al-Khalili invites readers to interact with the world the way scientists were taught. The scientific method has served...
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Explore the laws and theories of physics in this accessible introduction to the forces that shape our Universe, our planet, and our everyday lives. Using a bold, graphic-led approach The Physics Book sets out more than 80 key concepts and discoveries that have defined the subject and influenced our technology since the beginning of time. With the focus firmly on unpicking the thought behind each theory - as well as exploring when and how each idea...
Author
Series
Focus volume 44
Publisher
San cai wen hua chu ban shi ye you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
中文
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Included are essays from a broad spectrum of the scientific community: cosmologists, astrophysicists, NASA planetary scientists, and geneticists, discussing the latest research and theories relating to alien life. --Adapted from Amazon.com.
12) Atom
Publisher
Ambrose Video Publishing
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Tells a story of great geniuses, people like Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg, who were driven by their thirst for knowledge and glory. It's a story of false starts and conflicts, ambition and revelation, a story which leads us through some of the most exciting and exhilarating ideas ever conceived of by the human race"--Container.
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn't every day you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, Jim Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today's earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrow-and beyond. Pull back the curtain on genomics, robotics, AI, the "Internet of Things," synthetic biology, transhumanism, interstellar travel, colonization of the...
Publisher
The Experiment, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Science fact, not science fiction, on the cutting-edge developments that are already changing the course of our future. Every day, scientists conduct pioneering experiments with the potential to transform how we live. Yet it isn't every day you hear from the scientists themselves! Now, award-winning author Jim Al-Khalili and his team of top-notch experts explain how today's earthshaking discoveries will shape our world tomorrow--and beyond. The scientists...
Publisher
Wellfleet Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"As a phenomenon that resides everywhere and in everything, energy is best understood by example. Exploring energy shows how it cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed--and how plankton and other ancient ocean-dwelling organisms can be used to power your car. Reducing the subject to its essential areas, Know-It-All Energy charts fascinating and fundamental topics, from the nuclear fusion reactor at the heart of the sun and civilization's...