On Being
A scientist's exploration of the great questions of existence
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2011
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-960336-7 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-960336-7 (ISBN)
In this short book Peter Atkins considers the universal questions to which religions have claimed answers. With economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest truths.
In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest truths.
In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, Atkins presents what science has to say. While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, he declares his own faith in science's capacity to reveal the deepest truths.
Peter Atkins is Fellow of Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He is the author of almost 60 books, which include the world-renowned textbook Physical Chemistry (published in its ninth edition in November 2009). His other textbooks include Inorganic Chemistry: Chemical Principles and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. He has also written a number of books for a general readership, including Galileo's finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science, The Periodic Kingdom, Molecules, and The Laws of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction. He has been a visiting professor in France, Israel, New Zealand, and China, and continues to lecture widely throughout the world.
Prologue ; 1. Creation ; 2. Evolution ; 3. Birth ; 4. Death ; 5. Ending ; Epilogue
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.3.2011 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 145 x 204 mm |
| Gewicht | 238 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-960336-7 / 0199603367 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-960336-7 / 9780199603367 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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