Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes: Technological Literacy for the 1990s

Science & Math

Brennan, Richard P.

Reference

John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

"Here is a book I wish I had when taking physics my senior year in high school!" -Book Report A lively illumination of modern physics' marquee players, featuring: * Albert Einstein * Max Planck * Ernest Rutherford * Niels Bohr * Werner Heisenberg * Richard Feynman * Murray Gell-Mann "Brennan has a knack for explaining difficult technicalities simply. His essays give a useful summary of twentieth-century science." -Financial Times "Highly recommended to expert and layperson alike." -Choice

Heisenberg Probably Slept Here: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Physicists of the 20th Century

History

wiley

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Intended for laypeople and nonscience majors, this volume provides over 650 terms covering such areas of science as astrology, medicine, mathematics, and computer science

Dictionary of Scientific Literacy (Wiley Science Editions)

Business & Money

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

A lively survey of the horizons of modern technology. Provides easy-to-read summaries of the state of the art in space science, biotechnology, computer science, exotic energy sources and materials engineering as well as life-enhancing medical advancements and environmental, transportation and defense/weapons technologies. Each chapter explains how a current or future technology works and provides an understanding of the underlying scientific concepts. Includes an extensive self-test to review your knowledge.

Levitating Trains and Kamikaze Genes: Technological Literacy for the Future (Wiley Science Editions)

Technology

Diccionario básico para la actualidad científica/ Dictionary of Scientific Literacy (Spanish Edition)

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Lectorum Pubns

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