50 de idei pe care trebuie să le cunoști. Știință

by Paul Parsons, Gail Dixon, Elena Arhire (Translator)

1. Principiul lui Fermat
2. Legile lui Newton
3. Gravitaţie newtoniană
4. Electromagnetism
5. Termodinamică
6. Relativitate specială
7. Relativitate generală
8. Mecanică cuantică
9. Câmpuri cuantice
10. Fizica particulelor
11. Energie nucleară
12. Teoria corzilor
13. Teoria informaţiei
14. Teoria haosului
15. Calculatoare cuantice
16. Inteligenţă artificială
17. Atomi şi molecule
18. Tabelul periodic
19. Radioactivitate
20. Semiconductori
21. Supraconductoare
22. Fulerene şi nanotuburi
23. Nanotehnologie
24. Originea vieţii
25. Fotosinteza
26. Celula
27. Teoria germenilor
28. Virusuri
29. Gene
30. Evoluţie
31. Departe de Africa
32. Spirala dublă
33. Clonare şi GM
34. Biologie sintetică
35. Conştiinţă
36. Limbaj
37. Ere glaciare
38. Tectonica plăcilor
39. Extincţii în masă
40. Schimbări climatice
41. Sistemul Solar copernican
42. Galaxii
43. Big Bang
44. Materie întunecată
45. Energie întunecată
46. Moartea universului
47. Găuri negre
48. Multivers
49. Exoplanete
50. Viaţă extraterestră

Genres: Science

208 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2020

Reviews

[Chris Seltzer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Think about the 50 most important science ideas. Things you think every person on Earth should know about to help them understand their world, inoculate themselves from scams/conspiracy theories, and have an informed dialog about how we as a society should progress.

What's at the top of your list?

Is it buckyballs?

How about Fermat's principle?

This book includes both of those as 50 ideas about science every person needs to know while leaving out basic chemistry concepts like chemical reactions, acids and bases, and the properties of water.

The book leaves out vaccines and immunology. It leaves out the basic concepts in psychology, such as cognitive biases. It ignores the scientific method and critical thinking. Environmental science isn't covered nor are human biology and health.

Entire chapters are dedicated to string theory, quantum fields, and the multiverse. Interesting topics for sure but are they really among the 50 most important?

[Prejudice Neutrino · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great primer on the wonders and developments of modern science. As someone who heard of all these concepts prior to reading there was still a surprising amount of nuance and finer details to be understood.

Would recommend this to anyone vaguely interested in science.

[Denar · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick recap of ideas in Science that you probably learned in school. Leaves you with more questions than answers.

[Ehab Shawky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable, simple, informative.
It's a nice addition to one's library. Highly recommended for teens.