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Why nothing can travel faster than light

This collection of lively essays provides an engaging and fast-paced overview on key contemporary scientific issues and arguments, and will enlighten and entertain everyone who is interested in the intriguing world of science

Driving Mister Albert

As the pathologist on duty at Princeton Hospital on April 17 1955, it was Thomas Harvey`s job to carry out the autopsy on Albert Einstein. It must have been a humbling experience, coming face to face with the world-famous physicist, whose theory of…

Up the infinite corridor

In Up the Infinite Corridor, Fred Hapgood explores the mental landscape of engineering a style of thought, a mode of operation, a particular form of creativity that increasingly defines the trajectory of modern life." "With the Massachusetts…

Riddles in your teacup

Fun with everyday scientific puzzles: Why is the night dark? How do bees buzz? Why do tea leaves collect in the centre of the cup after stirring? What makes a river meander? Why do people snore? Why does rain fall in drops? Natural phenomena and…

Facing the Future

This work seeks to provide a positive picture of science, depicting it as a real hope for the future. Covering 100 topics such as global warming, nuclear power, food additives, pesticides in farming and environmental pollution, it attempts to…

Where is science going?

Excerpt: What has led them to devote their lives to the pursuit of science? That question is difficult to answer and could never be answered in a simple categorical way. Personally I am inclined to agree with Schopenhauer in thinking that one of the…

My view of the world

A Nobel prize winner, a great man and a great scientist, Erwin Schrödinger has made his mark in physics, but his eye scans a far wider horizon: here are two stimulating and discursive essays which summarize his philosophical views on the nature of…

Across the Frontiers

Heisenberg’s non-technical writings on physics have always been notable for a strong sense of the history of the subject, and for a clear perception of the impact of modern discoveries on time-honoured philosophical disputes. The essays in this…

Conversations about the end of Time

Where does our fascination with the Apocalypse come from? Is time cyclical or linear? Can society survive without ideology? Can children be philosophers? Four great witnesses of our closing century examine our preoccupations at the end of this…

Fire in the Mind

Science, Faith and the search for order. Concentrating on the Centre for the Study of Complex Systems in Los Alamos and the religious beliefs of surrounding communities, Journalist George Johnson explores the new science of complexity, which suggests…

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