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De tao van de fysica
Door een brug te slaan tussen de moderne westerse fysica en de oosterse mystiek heeft Capra niet alleen een uitermate boeiend en helder overzicht van beide en een inzicht in hun overeenkomsten gegeven. Vooral ook heeft hij ons bewust gemaakt van het…
De dansende Woe-Li Meesters
Bestaat de werkelijkheid ook terwijl wij niet kijken? Terwijl er niemand is die kijkt? Als dat eens niet zo was, hoe zouden we daar ooit achter kunnen komen? Nog niet zolang geleden waren dit filosofische speculaties, maar nu begint het erop te…
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…
The quest for life in amber
George Poinar began collecting amber specimens over thirty years ago, but it was only recently that he, Roberta Poinar, and the rest of his research team astounded the scientific community with the news that they had obtained ”live” DNA strands from…
The world in 2020
In The World in 2020, acclaimed commentator and best-selling author Hamish McRae paints a vivid competitive landscape in which culture and values will be the new sources of advantage for the industrialized nations. In the year 2020, all having…
The golem: what you should know about science
Through a series of intriguing case studies including the study of relativity, cold fusion, the "memory" in worms, and the sex life of lizards, this book debunks the view that scientific knowledge is a straightforward outcome of competent…
Nothingness
Nothingness addresses one of the most puzzling problems of physics and philosophy: Does empty space have an existence independent of the matter within it? Is "empty space" really empty, or is it an ocean seething with the creation and destruction of…
Time's arrow and Archimedes' point
The arrow of time and the meaning of quantum mechanics are two of the great mysteries of modern physics. This important book - written for non-specialist readers, as well as physicists and philosophers - throws a fascinating new light on both issues,…
Asimov on astronomy
The master of sciene fiction explores the true mysteries of space.
Physics and our view of the world
One of the central questions of physics is whether or not a theory of everything is possible. Many physicists believe that such a theory might be attainable, a belief that has led to speculation that we might one day "know the mind of God." The…