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Chargement... First you build a cloud : and other reflections on physics as a way of life (édition 1999)par K. C. Cole
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For many of us, physics, like maths, has always been a thing of mystery and complexity.In First You Build a Cloud, K.C.Cole provides cogent explanations through animated prose, metaphors, and anecdotes, allowing us to comprehend the nuances of physics-gravity and light, color and shape, quarks and quasars, particles and stars, force and strength.We also come to see how the physical world is so deeply intertwined with the ways in which we think about culture, poetry, and philosophy. Cole, one of our preeminent science writers, serves as a guide into the world of such legendary scientific minds as Richard Feynman, Victor Weisskopf, brothers Frank Oppenheimer and J.Robert Oppenheimer, Philip Morrison, Vera Kistiakowsky, and Stephen Jay Gould. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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What it is, essentially, is a book about why science is important. Someone who picks up this book hoping to learn more about science probably doesn't need to be told this.
Additionally, it reads a lot like a quotes collection from famous scientists. Granted, some of the quotes are from interviews K.C. Cole held herself, but it makes me wonder: why not just read works by experts like Feynmann? Cole has very little to add, although she might be very good at convincing high school students that science is interesting. ( )