Applied Sciences category: 551 books

In The Age of Entanglement, Louisa Gilder brings to life one of the pivotal debates in twentieth century physics. In 1935, Albert Einstein famously showed that, according to the quantum theory, separated particles could act as if intimately connected–a phenomenon which he derisively described as...

**New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Notable Book 2014 • Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books “A thrilling account of the modern material world.” —Wall Street Journal "Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind...

An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science, from the author of 16 bestselling popular science books Crave answers? A Feast of Science demystifies the chemistry of everyday life, serving up practical knowledge to both inform and entertain. Guaranteed to satiate your hunger...

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When it comes to science, too often people say "I just don't have the brains for it"--and leave it at that. Why is science so intimidating, and why do people let themselves feel this way? What makes one person a scientist and another disinclined even to learn how to read graphs? The idea...

A new edition of the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Einstein himself. The selections range from his earliest days as a theoretical physicist to his death in 1955; from such subjects as relativity, nuclear war or peace, and religion and science, to human rights, economics, and government.

Universe and Solar System Series: The Life Cycle of Stars Having trouble on Physics? Need to find out information about the life cycles of stars and what causes their birth and death? This is an excellent book if you need, or want; to learn about the complete life cycle of stars including their characteristics...

Universe and Solar System Series: Theories of the Universe Having trouble on Physics? Need to find out information about the Big Bang theories, and how the Universe came to existence?. This is an excellent book if you need, or want; to learn about the Big Bang Theory, String Theory, Inflation...

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First published in 1922, this book represents the first attempt to popularise the more accessible aspects of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Eschewing the mathematical components that put the theory beyond many people’s grasp, the author employs metaphorical examples and thought...

The extraordinary story of how a team of international forensic scientists pioneered ground-breaking DNA technology to identify the bodies of thousands of victims of the Yugoslav Wars, and how their work is now giving justice to families from Iraq to Bosnia What would it be like to be tasked...

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物理世界體現了美麗。 物理世界充滿了痛苦、紛亂與壓抑。 無論如何，我們都不該忘記另一面的存在。 ——維爾澤克 2004年諾貝爾物理獎得主維爾澤克，從研究自然界的最小組成單位而獲獎，繼而轉身朝向廣袤的世界，不禁提出大哉問：宇宙萬物的結構是否體現了「美」的設計？ 《萬物皆數》是一位諾獎大物理學家在自然哲學領地裡思辨的成果。他以一種詩意的語言來寫作，雄心勃勃地追求「物理之美」與「藝術之美」的和諧。 ——陳瑞麟（國立中正大學哲學系系主任） 【本書重點】 作者帶領我們綜覽西方古典物理史上的孜孜矻矻，更進一步引領我們看見物理學中的純粹概念，從理想一步步逼近真實，每一次關於真實的發現，我們對世界的了解更趨完美，也從中體會科學背後深刻的哲學基礎與觀點。 「上帝的偉大與榮耀在他所有的作品中奇妙閃耀，尤其是可從天空那本打開的書中讀到……」——伽利略 畢達哥拉斯導出「畢氏定理」，「世界」第一次與「數字」產生連結——畢氏企圖推演萬物與數字的關係，認定萬物存在理想而優美的設計。柏拉圖的洞穴寓言與正多面體同樣傳達出「真實」應是美好理想的構成與投影。從畢氏與柏拉圖開始，世界的組成即與心智中的理想串連起來…… 「我們不得不這麼覺得，這些數學公式獨立存在，並具有自己的智慧，比我們還聰明，甚至比發明者還聰明；人類得到的總是超過原先放進去的。」——赫茲 牛頓是古典物理的創始人，以精確度量與嚴謹的宇宙觀。取代以主觀好惡判斷日常。而寫出電磁方程組的馬克士威，更帶來全新的視野與方法：因為對稱性而補全的電磁方程組，不僅統一電與磁，並解釋光的存在，直至今天成為電磁學的穩固基礎。原來方程式如同一般物體具有對稱性！大自然基本法則的無數方程式，更充滿大量的對稱性！ 「宇宙最不能理解之處，在於它可以被理解。」——愛因斯坦 「物質告訴時空如何彎曲，時空告訴物質如何移動。」——惠勒 從波耳原子模型中看見駐波；從愛因斯坦相對論中看見伽利略不變性；從量子色動力學中又再度看見馬克士威。原來世界不只是可以用物理法則詮釋，乍看不同的法則彼此之間彷若鏡面裡外，相互輝映。看完此書，你將會發現，自然的基礎是如此精簡至極，極度對稱的方程式可將其特性表露無遺。...