200 законов мироздания

by James S. Trefil, Григорий Агафонов (Translator)

An examination of those laws that underpin the functioning of the physical world, and the scientists who formulated them. It provides the user not only with coherent descriptions and explanations of how the physical world works, but also with the stories behind the scientists who discovered and codified these processes. The entries deliver plenty of hard scientific explanation and exposition, eloquently and accessibly presented, but also fascinating tales of hard experimental and cerebral slog, scientific red herrings and dead ends, as well as of triumphant discovery and damascene enlightenment.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

528 pages, Unknown Binding

First published October 31, 2002

About the author

James S. Trefil (born 9/10/1938) is an American physicist (Ph.D. in Physics at Stanford University in 1966) and author of more than thirty books. Much of his published work focuses on science for the general audience. Dr. Trefil has previously served as Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia and he now teaches as Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University. Among Trefil's books is Are We Unique?, an argument for human uniqueness in which he questions the comparisons between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Trefil also regularly gives presentations to judges and public officials about the intersections between science and the law.

Reviews

[☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great review of about 200 laws of nature and the like. There is a ton of interesting generalizations that expand one's worldview (although only up to a graduate level).

Empiristics, aliens, elementary particles, history of science, Gaia hypothesis, astrophysics, how everything came to be, the thought and argumentation processes, genetics, hereditary stuff, etc. A nice summary of all kinds of diverse sientific stuff.

I wish I had one of these as a kid (a very precocious one, mind it!)

[Joseph Harriott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Graduate level, I'd say, but an excellent summary of what we know.