Discoveries At The Frontiers Of Science

Author : Cameron B. Strang
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469640488

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Frontiers of Science by Cameron B. Strang Pdf

Cameron Strang takes American scientific thought and discoveries away from the learned societies, museums, and teaching halls of the Northeast and puts the production of knowledge about the natural world in the context of competing empires and an expanding republic in the Gulf South. People often dismissed by starched northeasterners as nonintellectuals--Indian sages, African slaves, Spanish officials, Irishmen on the make, clearers of land and drivers of men--were also scientific observers, gatherers, organizers, and reporters. Skulls and stems, birds and bugs, rocks and maps, tall tales and fertile hypotheses came from them. They collected, described, and sent the objects that scientists gazed on and interpreted in polite Philadelphia. They made knowledge. Frontiers of Science offers a new framework for approaching American intellectual history, one that transcends political and cultural boundaries and reveals persistence across the colonial and national eras. The pursuit of knowledge in the United States did not cohere around democratic politics or the influence of liberty. It was, as in other empires, divided by multiple loyalties and identities, organized through contested hierarchies of ethnicity and place, and reliant on violence. By discovering the lost intellectual history of one region, Strang shows us how to recover a continent for science.

Author : United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development,Vannevar Bush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015008975248

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Science, the Endless Frontier by United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development,Vannevar Bush Pdf

This influential report described science as "a largely unexplored hinterland" that would provide the "essential key" to the economic prosperity of the post World War II years.

Author : Kyle Kirkland
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781438131214

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Physical Sciences by Kyle Kirkland Pdf

Investigates the research and discoveries of scientists who explored the frontiers of physics and uncovered phenomena that often contradicted prevailing wisdom.

Author : Vannevar Bush
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691201658

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Science, the Endless Frontier by Vannevar Bush Pdf

The classic case for why government must support science—with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today Science, the Endless Frontier is recognized as the landmark argument for the essential role of science in society and government’s responsibility to support scientific endeavors. First issued when Vannevar Bush was the director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War, this classic remains vital in making the case that scientific progress is necessary to a nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Bush’s vision set the course for US science policy for more than half a century, building the world’s most productive scientific enterprise. Today, amid a changing funding landscape and challenges to science’s very credibility, Science, the Endless Frontier resonates as a powerful reminder that scientific progress and public well-being alike depend on the successful symbiosis between science and government. This timely new edition presents this iconic text alongside a new companion essay from scientist and former congressman Rush Holt, who offers a brief introduction and consideration of what society needs most from science now. Reflecting on the report’s legacy and relevance along with its limitations, Holt contends that the public’s ability to cope with today’s issues—such as public health, the changing climate and environment, and challenging technologies in modern society—requires a more capacious understanding of what science can contribute. Holt considers how scientists should think of their obligation to society and what the public should demand from science, and he calls for a renewed understanding of science’s value for democracy and society at large. A touchstone for concerned citizens, scientists, and policymakers, Science, the Endless Frontier endures as a passionate articulation of the power and potential of science.

Author : Marcus du Sautoy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780735221819

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The Great Unknown by Marcus du Sautoy Pdf

“An engaging voyage into some of the great mysteries and wonders of our world." --Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dream and The Accidental Universe “No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting.” —Bill Bryson Brain Pickings and Kirkus Best Science Book of the Year Every week seems to throw up a new discovery, shaking the foundations of what we know. But are there questions we will never be able to answer—mysteries that lie beyond the predictive powers of science? In this captivating exploration of our most tantalizing unknowns, Marcus du Sautoy invites us to consider the problems in cosmology, quantum physics, mathematics, and neuroscience that continue to bedevil scientists and creative thinkers who are at the forefront of their fields. At once exhilarating, mind-bending, and compulsively readable, The Great Unknown challenges us to consider big questions—about the nature of consciousness, what came before the big bang, and what lies beyond our horizons—while taking us on a virtuoso tour of the great breakthroughs of the past and celebrating the men and women who dared to tackle the seemingly impossible and had the imagination to come up with new ways of seeing the world.

Author : Venkatesh Narayanamurti
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674974159

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Cycles of Invention and Discovery by Venkatesh Narayanamurti Pdf

Using Nobel Prize–winning examples like the transistor, laser, and magnetic resonance imaging, Venky Narayanamurti and Tolu Odumosu explore the daily micro-practices of research and show that distinctions between the search for knowledge and creative problem solving break down when one pays attention to how pathbreaking research actually happens.

Author : Atta-ur-Rahman,M. Iqbal Choudhary
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811421556

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Frontiers in Drug Design & Discovery: Volume 10 by Atta-ur-Rahman,M. Iqbal Choudhary Pdf

Frontiers in Drug Design and Discovery is a book series devoted to publishing the latest and the most important advances in drug design and discovery. Eminent scientists have contributed chapters focused on all areas of rational drug design and drug discovery including medicinal chemistry, in-silico drug design, combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput screening, drug targets, and structure-activity relationships. This book series should prove to be of interest to all pharmaceutical scientists who are involved in research in drug design and discovery and who wish to keep abreast of rapid and important developments in the field. The tenth volume of this series brings together reviews covering topics related to the treatment of neoplasms, systems biology, respiratory diseases among others. Topics included in this volume are: - Recombinant Protein Production: from Bench to Biopharming - Plant Virus Nanoparticles and Virus like Particles (VLPs): Applications in Medicine - MAO Inhibitory Activity Of 4, 5-Dihydro-1 HPyrazole Derivatives: A Platform To Design Novel Antidepressants - Flavonoids Antagonize Effects of Alcohol in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons: A Drug Discovery Study - Hybrid Smart Materials for Topical Drug Delivery: Application of Scaffolds.

Author : Kyle Kirkland
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : 9780816074402

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Chemistry by Kyle Kirkland Pdf

Frontiers of Science is an eight-volume set that explores notable issues at the forefront of scientific research and inquiry. The interdisciplinary set focuses on the methods and imagination of people who push the boundaries of science by investigating subjects not readily observable or shrouded in obscurity. Understanding the science behind scientific advances is critical because new knowledge and theories sometimes seem unbelievable until the underlying methods leading to their discovery become clear. Designed to complement science curricula, the set covers a broad range of complex, relevant topics that will extend the limits of knowledge and satisfy the curiosity of readers. Chemistry investigates the research and discoveries of the explorers and scientists who expanded knowledge related to the field. Often, these men and women found materials that exhibit remarkable or useful properties, some of which cure disease or make up motors or machines. Each chapter of the book covers the evolution of a significant topic related to chemistry and contains an introduction, a conclusion, a chronology, and a list of resources that allow the reader to focus on the topic being considered. The volume includes information on archaeological chemistry chemistry of the brain fuel cells nanotechnology new chemicals and materials "smart" materials The book contains more than 40 color photographs and line illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, the Periodic Table of the Elements, a detailed list of additional print and Internet resources, and an index. Frontiers of Science is essential for high school students, teachers, and general readers who wish to understand the newest areas of scientific research, from groundbreaking issues that are making headlines to those not as well known. Book jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : LCCN:92005652

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Science at the Frontier by Anonim Pdf

Science at the Frontier takes you on a journey through the minds of some of the nation's leading young scientists as they explore the most exciting areas of discovery today.Based on the second Frontiers of Science symposium sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, this book describes recent accomplishments and new directions in ten basic fields, represented by outstanding scientists convening to discuss their research. It captures the excitement and personal quality of these exchanges, sometimes pointing to surprising connections spanning the boundaries of traditional disciplines, while providing a context for the reader that explains the basic scientific framework for the fields under discussion.The volume explores:New modifications to scientific theory as geologists probe deep inside the earth and astrophysicists reach to the limits of the observable universe for answers to some of nature's most fundamental and vexing questions.The influence of research in smog formation on the public debate about how to effectively control air pollution.The increasing use of computer modeling in science, from describing the evolution of cellular automata to revealing the workings of the human brain via neural networks.The rise of dynamical systems (the study of chaotic behavior in nature) to a full-fledged science.The search to understand the regulation of gene activity and the many biological problems--such as the onset of cancer--to which it applies.Recent progress in the quest to transform what we know about photosynthesis into functional, efficient systems to tap the sun's energy.Current developments in magnetic resonance imaging and its promise for new breakthroughs in medical diagnosis.Throughout this work the reader is witness to scientific discovery and debate centered on such common concerns as the dramatic and transforming effect of computers on scientists' thinking and research; the development of more cross-disciplinary perspectives; and the very nature of the scientific enterprise itself--what it is to be part of it, and its significance for society.Science at the Frontier is must reading for informed lay readers, scientists interested in fields other than their own, and science students considering a future specialization.

Author : The Editors of TIME
Publisher : Time
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 1618930524

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TIME New Frontiers of Space by The Editors of TIME Pdf

What's new in the universe? Journey with the editors of TIME as they explore the latest scientific discoveries within our solar system and beyond. Recent advances in technology have helped astronomers put to rest centuries-old debates about space and the universe, but they have also raised newer, more intriguing questions: What is the nature of dark matter and what does it tell us about the origins of the universe? Does new data strongly suggest that microbial life exists beyond Earth — in our own solar system? How does the discovery of far more exoplanets than scientists once estimated impact the odds that advanced life may exist elsewhere in the universe? Are space tourism and commercial asteroid mining feasible? TIME explores these topics and more in a stunning view of the final frontier.

Author : A. C. Grayling
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780241980873

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The Frontiers of Knowledge by A. C. Grayling Pdf

'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker _________________________ In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 per cent of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the new neurosciences of mind and brain are just beginning. What do we know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we don't know? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks to answer them in three crucial areas at the frontiers of knowledge: science, history and psychology. A remarkable history of science, life on earth, and the human mind itself, this is a compelling and fascinating tour de force, written with verve, clarity and remarkable breadth of knowledge. _________________________ 'Remarkable, readable and authoritative. How he has mastered so much, so thoroughly, is nothing short of amazing' Lawrence M. Krauss, author of A Universe from Nothing 'This book hums with the excitement of the great human project of discovery' Adam Zeman, author of Aphantasia

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee for an Assessment of and Outlook for New Materials Synthesis and Crystal Growth
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309147026

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Frontiers in Crystalline Matter by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee for an Assessment of and Outlook for New Materials Synthesis and Crystal Growth Pdf

For much of the past 60 years, the U.S. research community dominated the discovery of new crystalline materials and the growth of large single crystals, placing the country at the forefront of fundamental advances in condensed-matter sciences and fueling the development of many of the new technologies at the core of U.S. economic growth. The opportunities offered by future developments in this field remain as promising as the achievements of the past. However, the past 20 years have seen a substantial deterioration in the United States' capability to pursue those opportunities at a time when several European and Asian countries have significantly increased investments in developing their own capacities in these areas. This book seeks both to set out the challenges and opportunities facing those who discover new crystalline materials and grow large crystals and to chart a way for the United States to reinvigorate its efforts and thereby return to a position of leadership in this field.

Author : Brooke Holmes,Klaus-Dietrich Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110389302

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The Frontiers of Ancient Science by Brooke Holmes,Klaus-Dietrich Fischer Pdf

Our understanding of science, mathematics, and medicine today can be deeply enriched by studying the historical roots of these areas of inquiry in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. The fields of ancient science and mathematics have in recent years witnessed remarkable growth. The present volume brings together contributions from more than thirty of the most important scholars working in these fields in the United States and Europe in honor of the eminent historian of ancient science and medicine Heinrich von Staden, Professor Emeritus of Classics and History of Science at the Institute of Advanced Study and William Lampson Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at Yale University. The papers range widely from Mesopotamia to Ancient Greece and Rome, from the first millennium B.C. to the early medieval period, and from mathematics to philosophy, mechanics to medicine, representing both a wide diversity of national traditions and the cutting edge of the international scholarly community.

Author : Randi D. Rotjan,Diva Amon,William W. Chadwick,Stephen Hammond
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889666829

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Pacific Deep-Sea Discoveries: Geological and Biological Exploration, Patterns, and Processes by Randi D. Rotjan,Diva Amon,William W. Chadwick,Stephen Hammond Pdf

Author : Rowena Malpas
Publisher : Richards Education
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The History of Science: Discoveries and Innovations That Changed the World by Rowena Malpas Pdf

Embark on a journey through the remarkable history of science with 'The History of Science: Discoveries and Innovations That Changed the World.' This comprehensive exploration spans from ancient civilizations to the cutting-edge technologies of the 21st century, highlighting the pivotal discoveries and innovations that have shaped our understanding of the world. Each chapter delves into the key scientific breakthroughs, the brilliant minds behind them, and their profound impact on society. Perfect for history enthusiasts, students, and anyone curious about the transformative power of science, this book provides a rich and engaging narrative of how scientific progress has driven human advancement and continues to shape our future.