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The Impact of Science on Society
CONTENTS: Foreword, The Legacy of Science, James Burke, Accomplishments of Science by the Year 2000, Jules Bergman, Our Future in the Cosmos---Computers, Isaac Asimov, Our Future in the Cosmos---Space, Isaac Asimov,
- GenresScience
108 pages, Paperback
First published July 13, 2012
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James Burke
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James Burke is a Northern Irish science historian, author and television producer best known for his documentary television series called Connections, focusing on the history of science and technology leavened with a sense of humour.
James Burke is a Northern Irish science historian, author and television producer best known for his documentary television series called Connections, focusing on the history of science and technology leavened with a sense of humour.
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May 2, 2026
Fantastic little read, the speech by Isaac Asimov was my favorite. It's short and optimistic and makes you appreciate science and science-fiction writers.
Also some basic things I had never understood like the process by which greenhouse gases can cause us harm and what makes telescopes more useful in outer space than on earth was explained very well.
Though some of their hopes about the future and particularly the future of robotics haven't turned out to be as they hoped, humanity as a whole still has a chance to turn things around if they stopped worrying about capitalist markets. We don't want data centers in space just so you can generate an image of me farting, we want actual space centers and more manned missions like Artemis!
Also some basic things I had never understood like the process by which greenhouse gases can cause us harm and what makes telescopes more useful in outer space than on earth was explained very well.
Though some of their hopes about the future and particularly the future of robotics haven't turned out to be as they hoped, humanity as a whole still has a chance to turn things around if they stopped worrying about capitalist markets. We don't want data centers in space just so you can generate an image of me farting, we want actual space centers and more manned missions like Artemis!
July 14, 2020
"We shall never cease our exploration, and the end of our exploring we will get back to where we started and know it for the first time"
It was an interesting tour of wild misconceptions people had throughout times. The best idea to push my buttons, was that "juxtaposition is the spice of life".
It was an interesting tour of wild misconceptions people had throughout times. The best idea to push my buttons, was that "juxtaposition is the spice of life".
April 26, 2020
Het minst interessant vond ik het stuk van Jules Bergman.
James Burke's invalshoek was vernieuwend.
Ik ben fan van Isaac Asimov. Ik vind het ook gemakkelijk om hem in zijn gedachtengang te volgen.
James Burke's invalshoek was vernieuwend.
Ik ben fan van Isaac Asimov. Ik vind het ook gemakkelijk om hem in zijn gedachtengang te volgen.
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