Higher Speculations

Tænkepauser 13-24. Tænkeboks 2: Kroppen, Kærlighed, Erindring, Håb, Tid, Sandhed, Mennesket, Magi, Loven, Terror, Litteratur og Romantik

Den kan være ilde hørt, hel og halv, og den hele får du fra børn og fulde folk. Der er sandt at sige tale om sandheden. Eller måske sandheder, for der er flere udgaver. Astronomer mener ikke længere, Pluto er en planet, men det gjorde de engang. Nogle tror, Jesus er sandheden, andre Koranen. Uanset hvad vil en ungkarl altid være ugift. Alt er..

Naturvidenskabens største erkendelser og opdagelser har været med til at skabe vores moderne verdensbillede og forståelse af naturen. Men hvilken betydning har fx Einsteins relativitetsteori, Daltons teori om atomet, den kopernikanske revolution og opdagelsen af radioaktiviteten fået? Hvad var den historiske baggrund for erkendelserne - og hvad..

Naturerkendelse og videnskabsteori er en omfattende og moderne gennemgang af naturvidenskabens teoretiske grundlag, for så vidt angår de fysiske, kemiske, astronomiske og geologiske videnskaber. Gennem en lang række konkrete eksempler diskuteres disse videnskabers filosofiske problemer, historiske udvikling og etiske og samfundsmæssige konsekvenser...

Fra 1675 til 1971 skulle alle danske universitetsstuderende gennemføre en fælles introduktion til alle videnskabelige studier, det såkaldte filosofikum. I disse år genindføres et kursus i ’Fagets videnskabsteori’ på alle universiteternes bacheloruddannelser. Formålet er at give de studerende mulighed for at sætte deres fag ind i et større..

How did our modern picture of the universe come into being? Masters of the Universe tells this fascinating story in an unusual format that blends factual and fictional elements. It is based on a series of interviews that a fictional person conducted with leading astronomers and physicists between 1913 and 1965. Among the interviewed scientists are giants..

How did our modern picture of the universe come into being? Masters of the Universe tells this fascinating story in an unusual format that blends factual and fictional elements. It is based on a series of interviews that a fictional person conducted with leading astronomers and physicists between 1913 and 1965. Among the interviewed scientists are giants..

Presents the development of scientific cosmology as a historical event, one that embroiled many scientists in a controversy over the very notion of an evolving universe with a beginning in time. This work examines how the big-bang theory drew inspiration from and eventually triumphed over rival views.

The first full length biography of Dirac, one of the most brilliant physicists of the twentieth century.

The first full length biography of Dirac, one of the most brilliant physicists of the twentieth century.

Presenting the history of twentieth-century physics, this book takes us from the discovery of X rays in the mid-1890s to superstring theory in the 1990s. It also shows how the revolutionary discoveries of scientists ranging from Einstein, Planck, and Bohr to Stephen Hawking have been built on the great traditions of earlier centuries.

Niels Bohr and the Quantum Atom gives a comprehensive account of the birth, development, and decline of Bohr's atomic theory. It presents the theory in a broad context which includes not only its technical aspects, but also its reception, dissemination, and applications in both physics and chemistry.

This book details the history of one of astronomy's many spurious objects, the satellite of Venus. Meticulously documented and based on a large collection of primary sources, the book addresses the history of planetary astronomy in a novel way.

The main focus of this book is on the interconnection of two unorthodox scientific ideas, the varying-gravity hypothesis and the expanding-earth hypothesis.

This book tells the fascinating history of cosmology using a series of fictitious interview transcripts with the field's leading scientists, including giants such as Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, and George Gamow, to give the reader a lively and "almost authentic" impression of the problems that faced this early generation of cosmologists.

Naturvidenskabens storste erkendelser og opdagelser har vAeret med til at skabe vores moderne verdensbillede og forstaelse af naturen. Men hvilken betydning har fx Einsteins relativitetsteori, Daltons teori om atomet, den kopernikanske revolution og opdagelsen af radioaktiviteten faet? Hvad var den historiske baggrund for erkendelserne - og hvad gor..

Jeg vil vide, hvordan Gud skabte verden. Jeg onsker at kende hans tanker - resten er detaljer. Sadan sagde Albert Einstein (1879-1955), og han stod ved sit ord. Mere end nogen anden var Einstein arkitekten bag det 20. arhundredes nye verdensbillede, hvor begreber som tid og rum fik en radikalt anden betydning end tidligere.I Einsteins univers redegores..

The story of superheavy elements - those at the very end of the periodic table - is not well known outside the community of heavy-ion physicists and nuclear chemists. But it is a most interesting story which deserves to be known also to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science and indeed to the general public. This is what the present..

The story of superheavy elements - those at the very end of the periodic table - is not well known outside the community of heavy-ion physicists and nuclear chemists. It tells the story or rather parts of the story, of how physicists and chemists created elements heavier than uranium or searched for them in nature.