Книга: Leonard Mlodinow «The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos»
In this fascinating and illuminating work, Leonard Mlodinow guides us through the critical eras and events in the development of science, all of which, he demonstrates, were propelled forward by humankind's collective drive to understand our world. From the birth of reasoning and culture to the formation of the studies of physics, chemistry, biology, and modern-day quantum physics, we come to see that much of our progress can be attributed to simple questions--why? how?--bravely asked. Mlodinow profiles some of the great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers who explored these questions--Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein and Lavoisier among them--and makes clear that just as science has played a key role in shaping the patterns of human thought, human subjectivity has played a key role in the evolution of science. At once authoritative and accessible, and infused with the author's trademark wit, this deeply insightful book is a stunning tribute to humanity's intellectual... Издательство: "Pantheon" (2015) Формат: 160x240, 352 стр.
ISBN: 978-0-307-90823-0 Купить за 998 руб на Озоне |
Leonard Mlodinow
Leonard Mlodinow is a
Mlodinow was born in
As recounted in his book "Feynman's Rainbow", his interest turned to
While a
Apart from his research and books on
Mlodinow currently teaches at Caltech, and is working on a new book with
Works
*Euclid's Window: the Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace (ISBN 0-684-86523-8) is a work on popular science that chronicles the idea of curved space and the history of geometry. It proved a popular success and has now been translated into ten languages.
*Feynman's Rainbow: a Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life (as published in USA) (ISBN 0-446-53045-X), is about his relationship with Richard Feynman, during his post-doctoral years in Caltech, in the early eighties. The book offers an insight into Feynman's attitude towards physics and life, his relationship with Murray Gell-Mann and the rise of String Theory.
*A Briefer History of Time (ISBN 0-553-80436-7), with Stephen Hawking, an international best-seller that has appeared in 25 languages.
*The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives (ISBN 0-375-42404-0) deals with randomness and people's inability to take it into account in their daily lives.
External links
* [http://www.its.caltech.edu/~len/ Homepage of Leonard Mlodinow]
*
* [http://www.universepartners.net/project_m.html About Mlodinow's Film "Beyond the Horizon"]
* [http://www.ams.org/notices/200205/fea-langlands.pdf A review of "Euclid's Window" by
* [http://plus.maths.org/issue22/reviews/book4/index.html A review of "Euclid's Window" by
* [http://physicsweb.org/articles/review/16/11/2 PhysicsWeb Review of "Feynman's Rainbow"]
* [http://librarycog.uwindsor.ca:8082/artblog/librarycog/1084807392 Library Cog Review of "Feynman's Rainbow"]
* [http://onthesamepage.berkeley.edu/archive/2007-hawking/author.html About the Authors of A Briefer History of Time - UC Berkeley]
* [http://www.klab.caltech.edu/cns286/dw_sum.html Abstract of The Drunkard's Walk - Caltech]
* [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-10-04T175608Z_01_N04220546_RTRUKOC_0_US-HAWKING.xml About "The Grand Design"]
Источник: Leonard Mlodinow
Другие книги схожей тематики:
Автор | Книга | Описание | Год | Цена | Тип книги |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leonard Mlodinow | The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos | In this fascinating and illuminating work, Leonard Mlodinow guides us through the critical eras and events in the development of science, all of which, he demonstrates, were propelled forward by… — Pantheon, (формат: 160x240, 352 стр.) Подробнее... | 2015 | 998 | бумажная книга |
См. также в других словарях:
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism