The Consolations Of Physics

Author : Tim Radford
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473658187
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Consolations of Physics written by Tim Radford and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A beautifully crafted love letter to physics.' Nature 'A book more about life and passion than physics. People who have never cared a jot about physics (like me) must read this book.' SUZANNE O'SULLIVAN The Consolations of Physics is an eloquent manifesto for physics. In an age where uncertainty and division is rife, Tim Radford, science editor of the Guardian for twenty-five years, turns to the wonders of the universe for consolation. 'A beautiful, inspiring reflection on science, humanity, space, and matter.' SARAH BAKEWELL From the launch of the Voyager spacecraft and how it furthered our understanding of planets, stars and galaxies to the planet composed entirely of diamond and graphite and the sound of a blacksmith's anvil; from the hole NASA drilled in the heavens to the discovery of the Higgs Boson and the endeavours to prove the Big Bang, The Consolations of Physics will guide you from a tiny particle to the marvels of outer space.

Author : Alain De Botton
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030783350X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Consolations of Philosophy written by Alain De Botton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems. Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is an unexpected book of both solace and humor. Dividing his work into six sections -- each highlighting a different psychic ailment and the appropriate philosopher -- de Botton offers consolation for unpopularity from Socrates, for not having enough money from Epicurus, for frustration from Seneca, for inadequacy from Montaigne, and for a broken heart from Schopenhauer (the darkest of thinkers and yet, paradoxically, the most cheering). Consolation for envy -- and, of course, the final word on consolation -- comes from Nietzsche: "Not everything which makes us feel better is good for us." This wonderfully engaging book will, however, make us feel better in a good way, with equal measures of wit and wisdom.

Author : Keith Ansell Pearson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474254721
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Nietzsche’s Search for Philosophy written by Keith Ansell Pearson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nietzsche's Search for Philosophy: On the Middle Writings Keith Ansell-Pearson makes a novel and thought-provoking contribution to our appreciation of Nietzsche's neglected middle writings. These are the texts Human, all too Human (1878-80), Dawn (1881), and The Gay Science (1882). There is a truth in the observation of Havelock Ellis that the works Nietzsche produced between 1878 and 1882 represent the maturity of his genius. In this study he explores key aspects of Nietzsche's philosophical activity in his middle writings, including his conceptions of philosophy, his commitment to various enlightenments, his critique of fanaticism, his search for the heroic-idyllic, his philosophy of modesty and his conception of ethics, and his search for joy and happiness. The book will appeal to readers across philosophy and the humanities, especially to those with an interest in Nietzsche and anyone who has a concern with the fate of philosophy in the modern world.

Author : Peter Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316517926
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book After Science and Religion written by Peter Harrison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking volume of innovative conversations between science and religion which move beyond hackneyed positions of either conflict or dialogue.

Author : Frank J. Tipler
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385467990
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Physics of Immortality written by Frank J. Tipler and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1997-09-18 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to us when we die? Leading physicist Frank J. Tipler tackles these questions and more in an astonishing and profoundly important book that scientifically proves the existence of God and the physical resurrection of the dead.

Author : Simon Blackburn
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0198610130
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy written by Simon Blackburn and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-10-27 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and authoritative, this dictionary provides wide-ranging and lively coverage of not only Western philosophical traditions, but also themes from Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy.

Author : Neville McMorris
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838633212
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Natures of Science written by Neville McMorris and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A too swift examination, for the benefit evidently of fairly naive readers, of broad philosophical and historical themes in the development of science. The ten chapters are grouped by pairs under five topical heads, which treat respectively the philosophical, aesthetic, cultural, methodological, scientific nature of science. Mathematical material encountered in the final chapter ("Classical duality in modern physics") is likely to be considered off-putting by many of the intended readers. Rather awkwardly composed, though attractively printed and bound. The author is chairman of the Physics Department at the University of the West Indies. (NW) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Henry Barnard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Memoirs of Eminent Teachers and Educators written by Henry Barnard and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl von Raumer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book German Universities written by Karl von Raumer and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Barnard's American journal of education written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: