Third Thoughts - The Universe We Still Dont Know

"The phrase 'public intellectual' is much bandied about. Just a few real heavyweights in the world merit the title, and Steven Weinberg is preeminent among them."
-Richard Dawkins

"Weinberg has a knack for capturing a complex concept in a succinct, unforgettable image... One of the smartest and most diligent scientists around."
-Nature

In this wise and wide-ranging meditation, one of the most captivating science communicators of our time challenges us to reconsider the entanglement of science and society. From the cosmological to the personal, from astronomy and quantum physics to the folly of manned spaceflight and the rewards of getting things wrong, Steven Weinberg shares his views on the workings of the universe and our aspirations and limitations. Third Thoughts aims to provoke and inform and never loses sight of the human dimension of scientific discovery.

"One of the 20th century's greatest physicists...shares his strongly-held opinions on everything from the Higgs boson to the state of theoretical physics and the problems of science and society."
-Forbes

"This book should be read not only for its insightful and illuminating explanations of a wide range of physical phenomena but also for the opportunity it affords to follow the wanderings of a brilliant mind through topics ranging from high-energy physics and the makeup of the cosmos to poetry, and from the history and philosophy of science to the dangers of economic inequality... [A] captivating book."
-Mario Livio, Science

A propos de l'auteur

Steven Weinberg won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory unifying two forces of nature, laying the foundation for the Standard Model of subatomic physics. His other awards included the National Medal of Science and eighteen honorary degrees. Among Weinberg’s books are the classic The First Three Minutes and To Explain the World. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and taught at the University of Texas.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Steven Weinberg, Weinberg Steven
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780674241473
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24147-3
• Pages: 240
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Physique, astronomie > Astronomie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; popular science, SCIENCE / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Political science & theory, History of Science, Physics, Political science and theory, Atomic & molecular physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics