Conversations about Physics. Volum 2 [E-Book]
This Ideas Roadshow Collection includes five carefully edited in-depth conversations with Freeman Dyson, Jenny Nelson, Claudia de Rham, Lee Smolin and Jill Tarter. A detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books is included. Each individual book is broken into chapters wi...
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| Personal Name(s): | Burton, Howard, author |
| Edition: |
1st edition |
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Toronto :
Open Agenda Publishing,
2021
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9781771701648 |
| Series Title: |
Ideas Roadshow Collections ;
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- Intro
- Textual Note
- Preface
- Harnessing the Sun
- A conversation with Jenny Nelson
- Introduction
- I. Finding Her Place
- II. Solar Energy
- III. Materials
- IV. Models vs. Labs
- V. Real-World Impact
- VI. A Brighter Future?
- Continuing the Conversation
- Pushing the Boundaries
- A conversation with Freeman Dyson
- Introduction
- I. Debating Exceptionalism
- II. In Praise of Rebels
- III. Against Reductionism
- IV. Foundational Issues
- V. Current Mysteries
- VI. The Origin of Life
- VII. Space Travel
- VIII. Science and Society
- IX. Religion
- X. Final Thoughts
- Continuing the Conversation
- SETI:
- Astronomy as a Contact Sport
- A conversation with Jill Tarter
- Introduction
- I. Introducing SETI
- II. A Sense of Scale
- III. Detection
- IV. Suddenly Relevant
- V. Reaching Out
- The Pull of the Stars
- A conversation with Claudia de Rham
- Introduction
- I. Stellar Origins
- II. Mysteries Galore
- III. Public Understanding
- IV. Gender
- V. Passing It On
- Examining Time
- A conversation with Lee Smolin
- Introduction
- I. Physics via Architecture
- II. Justifying the Laws
- III. Collaboration
- IV. Rolling Up Our Sleeves
- V. Cosmological Natural Selection
- VI. The Meta-law Dilemma
- VII. Scientific Impact
- VIII. Making A Difference
- Continuing the Conversation.