Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Greek letter societies
ISBN : UOM:39015058325922
American Scientist
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An American Scientist
Gabor Somorjai
Author : Gabor Somorjai
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781480801455
An American Scientist by Gabor Somorjai Pdf
As a young man, Gabor Somorjai couldn’t have known he would one day be forced to flee his native Hungary. But upheaval in Europe during and after World War II led him to the U.S. where he immersed himself in science and soon began building a research group at one of the powerhouses of scientific discovery. The timing couldn’t have been better. The Sputnik wakeup call that triggered the huge influx of government support for scientific research in the second half of the 20th century bolstered fundamental research programs like the one Somorjai established at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Key discoveries in his field—surface science—led the way to advances in catalysis know-how that underpin today’s energy storage and transformation technology and safeguard the environment. By revealing the unique ways microscopically thin layers of atoms and molecules control the chemistry and physics of surfaces, modern surface science also spawned rapid development in microelectronics, high-power computing, and communication and information technology. But the scientific impact of the field that Professor Somorjai shaped doesn’t end there. Key discoveries in surface science also supported the development of new medical instruments for non-invasive investigation of the human body, as well as tools and techniques for repairing organs and bones. These discoveries have helped increase our life expectancy and vastly improved our quality of life. Through a fascinating account of his life story, Gabor Somorjai leads us through the dramatic changes in science and technology that took hold during the last half century and are sure to influence our lives in the years to come.
American Science in an Age of Anxiety
Jessica Wang
Author : Jessica Wang
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807867105
American Science in an Age of Anxiety by Jessica Wang Pdf
No professional group in the United States benefited more from World War II than the scientific community. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists enjoyed unprecedented public visibility and political influence as a new elite whose expertise now seemed critical to America's future. But as the United States grew committed to Cold War conflict with the Soviet Union and the ideology of anticommunism came to dominate American politics, scientists faced an increasingly vigorous regimen of security and loyalty clearances as well as the threat of intrusive investigations by the notorious House Committee on Un-American Activities and other government bodies. This book is the first major study of American scientists' encounters with Cold War anticommunism in the decade after World War II. By examining cases of individual scientists subjected to loyalty and security investigations, the organizational response of the scientific community to political attacks, and the relationships between Cold War ideology and postwar science policy, Jessica Wang demonstrates the stifling effects of anticommunist ideology on the politics of science. She exposes the deep divisions over the Cold War within the scientific community and provides a complex story of hard choices, a community in crisis, and roads not taken.
Louis Agassiz
Christoph Irmscher
Author : Christoph Irmscher
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547577678
Louis Agassiz by Christoph Irmscher Pdf
Traces the life of the nineteenth-century scientist who discovered how glaciers form, describing how he enlisted the American public to collect natural specimens for his museum, his work training a generation of scientists, and his staunchly racist views.
Histories of Scientific Observation
Lorraine Daston,Elizabeth Lunbeck
Author : Lorraine Daston,Elizabeth Lunbeck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226136783
Histories of Scientific Observation by Lorraine Daston,Elizabeth Lunbeck Pdf
Includes bibliographical referrences and index.
Unsettled
Steven E. Koonin
Author : Steven E. Koonin
Publisher : BenBella Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781953295248
Unsettled by Steven E. Koonin Pdf
"Unsettled is a remarkable book—probably the best book on climate change for the intelligent layperson—that achieves the feat of conveying complex information clearly and in depth." —Claremont Review of Books "Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts." "Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent." "Climate change will be an economic disaster." You've heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading. When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Core questions—about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be—remain largely unanswered. The climate is changing, but the why and how aren't as clear as you've probably been led to believe. Now, one of America's most distinguished scientists is clearing away the fog to explain what science really says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate. In Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters, Steven Koonin draws upon his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—to provide up-to-date insights and expert perspective free from political agendas. Fascinating, clear-headed, and full of surprises, this book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through the implications of the evidence. He dispels popular myths and unveils little-known truths: despite a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures actually decreased from 1940 to 1970. What's more, the models we use to predict the future aren't able to accurately describe the climate of the past, suggesting they are deeply flawed. Koonin also tackles society's response to a changing climate, using data-driven analysis to explain why many proposed "solutions" would be ineffective, and discussing how alternatives like adaptation and, if necessary, geoengineering will ensure humanity continues to prosper. Unsettled is a reality check buoyed by hope, offering the truth about climate science that you aren't getting elsewhere—what we know, what we don't, and what it all means for our future.
Saving Us
Katharine Hayhoe
Author : Katharine Hayhoe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781982143848
Saving Us by Katharine Hayhoe Pdf
United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this nationally bestselling “optimistic view on why collective action is still possible—and how it can be realized” (The New York Times). Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine Hayhoe knows how to navigate all sides of the conversation on our changing planet. A Canadian climate scientist living in Texas, she negotiates distrust of data, indifference to imminent threats, and resistance to proposed solutions with ease. Over the past fifteen years Hayhoe has found that the most important thing we can do to address climate change is talk about it—and she wants to teach you how. In Saving Us, Hayhoe argues that when it comes to changing hearts and minds, facts are only one part of the equation. We need to find shared values in order to connect our unique identities to collective action. This is not another doomsday narrative about a planet on fire. It is a multilayered look at science, faith, and human psychology, from an icon in her field—recently named chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy. Drawing on interdisciplinary research and personal stories, Hayhoe shows that small conversations can have astonishing results. Saving Us leaves us with the tools to open a dialogue with your loved ones about how we all can play a role in pushing forward for change.
JOSEPH HENRY
MOYER ALBERT E
Author : MOYER ALBERT E
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997-11-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040619523
JOSEPH HENRY by MOYER ALBERT E Pdf
By the time of his death in 1878, Joseph Henry was America's most eminent physical scientist. His achievements in the study of electricity, magnetism, and telegraphy earned him a 30-year tenure as the first secretary of the Smithsonian. This biography illuminates not only the character of 19th-century scientific exploration but also the place of science in American culture. 12 illustrations.
Merchants of Doubt
Naomi Oreskes,Erik M. Conway
Author : Naomi Oreskes,Erik M. Conway
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781408828779
Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes,Erik M. Conway Pdf
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers. Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly-some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is "not settled" denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, historians of science, roll back the rug on this dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how ideology and corporate interests, aided by a too-compliant media, have skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era.
The Scientist as Rebel
Freeman Dyson
Author : Freeman Dyson
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781590178812
The Scientist as Rebel by Freeman Dyson Pdf
From Galileo to today’s amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who resist the restrictions their cultures impose on them. In their pursuit of nature’s truths, they are guided as much by imagination as by reason, and their greatest theories have the uniqueness and beauty of great works of art.Dyson argues that the best way to understand science is by understanding those who practice it. He tells stories of scientists at work, ranging from Isaac Newton’s absorption in physics, alchemy, theology, and politics, to Ernest Rutherford’s discovery of the structure of the atom, to Albert Einstein’s stubborn hostility to the idea of black holes. His descriptions of brilliant physicists like Edward Teller and Richard Feynman are enlivened by his own reminiscences of them. He looks with a skeptical eye at fashionable scientific fads and fantasies, and speculates on the future of climate prediction, genetic engineering, the colonization of space, and the possibility that paranormal phenomena may exist yet not be scientifically verifiable. Dyson also looks beyond particular scientific questions to reflect on broader philosophical issues, such as the limits of reductionism, the morality of strategic bombing and nuclear weapons, the preservation of the environment, and the relationship between science and religion. These essays, by a distinguished physicist who is also a prolific writer, offer informed insights into the history of science and fresh perspectives on contentious current debates about science, ethics, and faith.
Extraterrestrial
Avi Loeb
Author : Avi Loeb
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780358278146
Extraterrestrial by Avi Loeb Pdf
Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star
Sigma Xi Quarterly
Society of the Sigma Xi
Author : Society of the Sigma Xi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCD:31175025536288
Sigma Xi Quarterly by Society of the Sigma Xi Pdf
Beautiful Geometry
Eli Maor,Eugen Jost
Author : Eli Maor,Eugen Jost
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691175881
Beautiful Geometry by Eli Maor,Eugen Jost Pdf
An exquisite visual celebration of the 2,500-year history of geometry If you've ever thought that mathematics and art don't mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind. As much a work of art as a book about mathematics, Beautiful Geometry presents more than sixty exquisite color plates illustrating a wide range of geometric patterns and theorems, accompanied by brief accounts of the fascinating history and people behind each. With artwork by Swiss artist Eugen Jost and text by math historian Eli Maor, this unique celebration of geometry covers numerous subjects, from straightedge-and-compass constructions to intriguing configurations involving infinity. The result is a delightful and informative illustrated tour through the 2,500-year-old history of one of the most important branches of mathematics.
Escape from the Ivory Tower
Nancy Baron
Author : Nancy Baron
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781597269650
Escape from the Ivory Tower by Nancy Baron Pdf
Most scientists and researchers aren’t prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers—or to deal with backlash. Many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. What’s clear, according to Nancy Baron, is that scientists, journalists and public policymakers come from different cultures. They follow different sets of rules, pursue different goals, and speak their own language. To effectively reach journalists and public officials, scientists need to learn new skills and rules of engagement. No matter what your specialty, the keys to success are clear thinking, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. In this practical and entertaining guide to communicating science, Baron explains how to engage your audience and explain why a particular finding matters. She explores how to ace your interview, promote a paper, enter the political fray, and use new media to connect with your audience. The book includes advice from journalists, decision makers, new media experts, bloggers and some of the thousands of scientists who have participated in her communication workshops. Many of the researchers she has worked with have gone on to become well-known spokespeople for science-related issues. Baron and her protégées describe the risks and rewards of “speaking up,” how to deal with criticism, and the link between communications and leadership. The final chapter, ‘Leading the Way’ offers guidance to scientists who want to become agents of change and make your science matter. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned veteran looking to hone your skills, Escape From the Ivory Tower can help make your science understood, appreciated and perhaps acted upon.
A Palette of Particles
Jeremy Bernstein
Author : Jeremy Bernstein
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674073623
A Palette of Particles by Jeremy Bernstein Pdf
Jeremy Bernstein guides readers through high-energy physics from early twentieth-century atomic models to leptons, mesons, quarks, and the newly discovered Higgs boson, drawing them into the excitement of a universe where 80 percent of all matter has never been identified. From molecules to galaxies, the more we discover, the less we seem to know.