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Author: Sander Bais (University of Amsterdam)
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
Imprint: MIT Press
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 17.10cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780262014359
ISBN 10: 0262014351
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 29 January 2010
Recommended Age: From 18 years
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
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Reviews
"""I cannot think of a better guide for this wonderful expedition through the world of science than Sander Bais. The traveller is rewarded with splendid overviews, surprising details, historical anecdotes, thoughtful reflections on the future, but most of all with a deep love for science."" Robbert Dijkgraaf, University of Amsterdam, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ""I greatly enjoyed reading this book. Admirably suited for a large audience, it conveys the grand scope of science as well as its cultural dimensions."" Dudley Herschbach, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Harvard University ""Science as it really is: A complex social phenomenon that is our only solid way to distinguish true from false, quietly but profoundly transforming human culture, giving an elusive glimpse of the objective beauty of the universe."" Doyne Farmer, Santa Fe Institute"
""I cannot think of a better guide for this wonderful expedition through the world of science than Sander Bais. The traveller is rewarded with splendid overviews, surprising details, historical anecdotes, thoughtful reflections on the future, but most of all with a deep love for science."" Robbert Dijkgraaf, University of Amsterdam, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ""I greatly enjoyed reading this book. Admirably suited for a large audience, it conveys the grand scope of science as well as its cultural dimensions."" Dudley Herschbach, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Harvard University ""Science as it really is: A complex social phenomenon that is our only solid way to distinguish true from false, quietly but profoundly transforming human culture, giving an elusive glimpse of the objective beauty of the universe."" Doyne Farmer, Santa Fe Institute
Science as it really is: A complex social phenomenon that is our only solid way to distinguish true from false, quietly but profoundly transforming human culture, giving an elusive glimpse of the objective beauty of the universe. --Doyne Farmer, Santa Fe Institute I cannot think of a better guide for this wonderful expedition through the world of science than Sander Bais. The traveller is rewarded with splendid overviews, surprising details, historical anecdotes, thoughtful reflections on the future, but most of all with a deep love for science. --Robbert Dijkgraaf, University of Amsterdam, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences I greatly enjoyed reading this book. Admirably suited for a large audience, it conveys the grand scope of science as well as its cultural dimensions. --Dudley Herschbach, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Harvard University
Author Information
Sander Bais is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Amsterdam and External Faculty Member of the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of The Equations: Icons of Knowledge and Very Special Relativity: An Illustrated Guide.
