On Being
A scientist's exploration of the great questions of existence
(Sprache: Englisch)
In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what...
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In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest truths.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „On Being “
- Prologue
- 1: Creation
- 2: Evolution
- 3: Birth
- 4: Death
- 5: Ending
- Epilogue
Autoren-Porträt von Peter Atkins
Peter Atkins is Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He is the author of almost 60 books, which include the world-renowned textbook Physical Chemistry (published in its ninth edition in November 2009). His other textbooks include Inorganic Chemistry: Chemical Principles and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. He has also written a number of books for a general readership, including Galileo's finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science, The Periodic Kingdom, Molecules, and The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction. He has been a visiting professor in France, Israel, New Zealand, and China, and continues to lecture widely throughout the world.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Peter Atkins
- 2011, 128 Seiten, Maße: 13,9 x 20,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199603367
- ISBN-13: 9780199603367
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.01.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „On Being “
a paean to science Times Literary Supplement genuine enjoyment Times Higher Education Supplement Peter Atkins answers...succinctly and elegantly. Nature An effortless read - a real page turner. BBC Focus
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a paean to science Times Literary Supplement
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