Dan Falk: 7 books

Time surrounds us. It defines our experience of the world; it echoes through our every waking hour. Time is the very foundation of conscious experience. Yet as familiar as it is, time is also deeply mysterious. We cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch it. Yet we do feel it—or at least we think...

William Shakespeare lived at a remarkable time—a period we now recognize as the first phase of the Scientific Revolution. New ideas were transforming Western thought, the medieval was giving way to the modern, and the work of a few key figures hinted at the brave new world to come: the methodical...

“An admirably concise and comprehensive overview of cosmology . . . intriguing insights” (Booklist). No scientific quest is as compelling as the search for the elusive unified “Theory of Everything”—a theory so concise it could fit on a T-shirt. Lively and thought-provoking, Universe...

自古至今無數物理學家都在追求一個簡單、優雅、可以詮釋宇宙的說明，一個用T恤正面就足夠呈現的萬有理論。 本書沒有用到任何一條公式！ 暢銷書《探索時間之謎》作者又一科普傑作 「我希望能活著看到，所有的物理學簡化成一個優雅而簡單的公式，簡單到可以寫在一件T恤的正面。」 ——諾貝爾物理學獎得主列德曼（Leon...

An inside look at the University of Michigan’s football program from the man who was the team’s equipment manager for more than four decades   Forty years ago, Michigan equipment manager Jon Falk began his legacy, becoming a living encyclopedia of Michigan football tradition and history. Hired...

Prominent scholars and practitioners consider the role of global environmental politics in the face of increasing environmental stress. Humanity's collective impact on the Earth is vast. The rate and scale of human-driven environmental destruction is quickly outstripping our political and social...

This edited collection addresses the growing need for ideas and methods conducive to holistic educational practices and aims to encourage more personal growth in students too often distracted by the background noise of war, violence, racism, and environmental deterioration. The contributors are working...