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Author : Leo Szilard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:498222399
Author : Leo Szilard
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547189060
In 'The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories', Leo Szilard presents a compelling anthology that examines the human condition through the lens of speculative fiction. With masterful prose and a profound understanding of scientific principles, Szilard weaves narratives that explore the intersections of science, ethics, and the potential futures that await humanity. Immersed in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time, the stories resonate with the concerns and hopes of the mid-20th century, reflecting the ongoing dialogue between progress and morality. As the reader navigates through this assemblage of imaginative tales, they encounter a literary style that fuses the empirical with the eloquent, encapsulating Szilard's unique intellectual pursuit within the literary context of modernist fiction. Leo Szilard, a physicist, and polymath who played a pivotal role in the development of nuclear energy, channels his experiences, insights, and foresights into this work, influenced by the profound implications of scientific breakthroughs on society. His engagement with the moral questions spawned by the Atomic Age imbues his fiction with a prescient quality, as he offers both warnings and wisdom through narrative form. This collection not only entertains but also extends an invitation to ponder the responsibility that accompanies knowledge, reflecting Szilard's lifelong devotion to ethical scientific inquiry. 'The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories' is not merely a work of fiction but a conversation piece for those intrigued by the amalgamation of scientific thought and literary expression. It is recommended to readers who enjoy speculative fiction with a philosophical bent and anyone interested in the exploration of science's role within societal evolution. Szilard's narratives are a timeless prompt for reflection and discourse, making this collection an invaluable addition to the libraries of discerning readers and thinkers.
Author : Leo Szilard
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0464044782
The Voice of the Dolphins derives its title from a television program of that name set up by a group of American and Russian scientists who conspire to save the world. Classic pulp fiction by one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. The lead story tells how the scientists who created bombs might have circumvented politics and created world peace.
Author : Leo Szilard
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 067179261X
Author : Leo Szilard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804717540
First published in 1961, this collection of playful and provocative stories by the eminent physicist is returned to print with an additional story and a new introduction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Leo Szilard (Atomphysiker, Ungarn, USA)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:605938795
Author : Margareth Hagen,Randi Koppen,Margery Vibe Skagen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788779347373
This anthology brings together scholars from literature, the natural sciences, and the philosophy of science, to present new perspectives on the relations between literary and scientific communities. Drawing on literature spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as Europe and the Americas, the authors explore how science has been portrayed from the perspective of literature at different times and in different places - as challenge or opportunity, promise or scandal. The disturbance of science emanates perhaps from its association with a frightening future or its ability to change the appearance of the past; the scandal occurs as it recalls us to thresholds and hybrids: human and non-human, animal and machine. Science, however, also emerges as a source of metaphor and imaginative modelling, of encodings and decodings, representations and discoveries. Less prominent in the collection, though no less important, is the view on how scientific cultures portray literature or the literary academic, and how science reflects on itself.
Author : D. Graham Burnett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226100579
Explores how humans' view of whales changed from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, looking at how the sea mammals were once viewed as monsters but evolved into something much gentler and more beautiful.
Author : Tibor Frank
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3039113313
This is a social history of refugees escaping Hungary after the Bolshevik-type revolution of 1919, the ensuing counterrevolution, and the rise of anti-Semitism. Largely Jewish and German before World War I, the Hungarian middle class was torn by the disastrous war, the partitioning of Hungary in the Treaty of Trianon, and the numerus clausus act XXV in 1920 that seriously curtailed the number of Jews admitted to higher education. Hungary's outstanding future professionals, whether Jewish, Liberal or Socialist, felt compelled to leave the country and head to German-speaking universities in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. When Hitler came to power, these exiles were to flee again, many on the fringes of the huge German emigration. Emotionally prepared by their earlier threatening experiences in Hungary, they were quick to recognize the need to uproot themselves again. Many fled to the United States where their double exile catalyzed the USA into an active enemy of Nazi Germany and stimulated the transplantation of European modernism into American art and music. To their surprise, the refugees also encountered anti-Semitism in the USA. The book is based on extensive archival work in the USA and Germany.
Author : Susan Casey
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780385679411
From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth and The Wave, a breathtaking look into the mysterious world of dolphins and their conflicted history with man. Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness, sociability and intelligence seems like an aquatic mirror of mankind. In recent decades, scientists have discovered dolphins recognize themselves in reflections, count, feel despondent, adorn themselves, rescue each other (and humans), deduce, infer, form cliques, throw tantrums, gossip and scheme. Several native peoples trace their lineage to dolphins. They are the stars of multi-million dollar aquatic theme parks, money which has fueled a sinister illicit trade as shown in the documentary Blackfish. The U.S. Navy has a secret program using dolphins as undersea soldiers. The theory that they are a superior, extraterrestial species is popular among the new age fringe. They are the victims of brutal slaughters as depicted in the documentary The Cove. To swim with a dolphin is a transporting experience, an encounter with a being seemingly so like us, yet so alien. No writer is better positioned to portray these magical creatures than Susan Casey, whose combination of personal reporting, intense scientific research, and evocative prose made The Wave and The Devil's Teeth contemporary classics of writing on the oceans. For two years Casey traveled the world, and has written a thrilling book about the other intelligent life on the planet.
Author : Michael Charles Tobias,Jane Gray Morrison
Publisher : Springer
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319459646
This groundbreaking work of both theoretical and experiential thought by two leading ecological philosophers and animal liberation scientists ventures into a new frontier of applied ethical anthrozoological studies. Through lean and elegant text, readers will learn that human interconnections with other species and ecosystems are severely endangered precisely because we lack - by our evolutionary self-confidence - the very coherence that is everywhere around us abundantly demonstrated. What our species has deemed to be superior is, according to Tobias and Morrison, the cumulative result of a tragically tenuous argument predicated on the brink of our species’ self-destruction, giving rise to a most unique proposition: We either recognize the miracle of other sentient intelligence, sophistication, and genius, or risk enshrining the shortest lived epitaph of any known vertebrate in earth’s 4.1 billion years of life. Tobias and Morrison draw on 45 years of research in fields ranging from ecological anthropology, animal protection and comparative ethics to literature and spirituality - and beyond. They deploy research in animal and plant behavior, biocultural heritage contexts from every continent and they bring to bear a deeply metaphysical array of perspectives that set this book apart from any other. The book departs from most work in such fields as animal rights, ecological aesthetics, comparative ethology or traditional animal and plant behaviorist work, and yet it speaks to readers with an interest in those fields. A deeply provocative book of philosophical premises and hypotheses from two of the world’s most influential ecological philosophers, this text is likely to stir uneasiness and debate for many decades to come.
Author : Istvan Hargittai
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781616144692
What motivates those few scientists who rise above their peers to achieve breakthrough discoveries? This book examines the careers of fifteen eminent scientists who achieved some of the most notable discoveries of the past century, providing an insider’s perspective on the history of twentieth century science based on these engaging personality profiles. They include: • Dan Shechtman, the 2011 Nobel laureate and discoverer of quasicrystals; • James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate and codiscoverer of the double helix structure of DNA; • Linus Pauling, the Nobel laureate remembered most for his work on the structure of proteins; • Edward Teller, a giant of the 20th century who accomplished breakthroughs in understanding of nuclear fusion; • George Gamow, a pioneering scientist who devised the initially ridiculed and now accepted Big Bang. In each case, the author has uncovered a singular personality characteristic, motivational factor, or circumstance that, in addition to their extraordinary drive and curiosity, led these scientists to make outstanding contributions. For example, Gertrude B. Elion, who discovered drugs that saved millions of lives, was motivated to find new medications after the deaths of her grandfather and later her fiancé. F. Sherwood Rowland, who stumbled upon the environmental harm caused by chlorofluorocarbons, eventually felt a moral imperative to become an environmental activist. Rosalyn Yalow, the codiscoverer of the radioimmunoassay always felt she had to prove herself in the face of prejudice against her as a woman. These and many more fascinating revelations make this a must-read for everyone who wants to know what traits and circumstances contribute to a person’s becoming the scientist who makes the big breakthrough.
Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066370268
"Out of the Silent Planet" by C. S. Lewis. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338045942
"On the Gem Planet" by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Charles Willing Beale
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066097622
In "The Secret of the Earth," Charles Willing Beale takes readers on a thrilling science fiction adventure. The story delves into the mysteries of the Earth, exploring unknown realms and uncovering hidden secrets. Beale's imaginative storytelling and vivid descriptions make it a captivating read for science fiction enthusiasts and fans of classic American literature.
