Ascent of Science

Name: Ascent of Science
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ISBN: 9780195134278

ISBN-10: 0195134273

ISBN-13: 9780195134278

Edition: 2000

Authors: Brian L. Silver

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From the revolutionary discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the mind-bending theories of Einstein and Heisenberg, from plate tectonics to particle physics, from the origin of life to universal entropy, and from biology to cosmology, here is a sweeping, readable, and dynamic account of the whole of Western science. In the readable manner and method of Stephen Jay Gould and Carl Sagan, the late Brian L. Silver translates our most important, and often most obscure, scientific developments into a vernacular that is not only accessible and illuminating but also enjoyable. Silver makes his comprehensive case with much clarity and insight; he locates science as the apex of human reason, and reason…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.69" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



Newton Gets It Completely Wrong



I Believe



Thomas Aquinas versus Neil Armstrong



The Second Law



Predicting Catastrophe



From Newton to De Sade: The Partial Triumph of Reason



From Rousseau to Blake: The Revolt against Reason



Lodestone, Amber, and Lightning



Belief and Action



The Demise of Alchemy



The Nineteenth Century



The Material Trinity: The Atom



The Stuff of Existence



Scipio's Dream



Making Waves



The Ubiquity of Motion



Energy



Entropy: Intimations of Mortality



Chaos



The Slow Birth of Biology



In a Monastery Garden



Evolution



The Descent of Man



The Gene Machine



The Lords of Nature?



Life: The Molecular Battle



The Origin of Life? Take Your Choice



The Inexplicable Quantum



New Ways of Thinking



The Land of Paradox



The Elementary Particles



Relativity



Cosmology



The Cosmos and Peeping Tom



The Impossibility of Creation



The Tree of Death



""What the Devil Does It All Mean?""



The Future


Annotated Bibliography


Index