Science As Autobiography
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Science As Autobiography
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Author : Thomas Soderqvist
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-01
Science As Autobiography written by Thomas Soderqvist and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography probes the unusual mind, the dramatic life, and the outstanding scientific work of Danish-born immunologist Niels Jerne (1911–1994). Jerne’s Nobel Prize-winning achievements in the field of immunology place him in the pantheon of great twentieth-century biomedical theorists, yet his life is perhaps even more interesting than his science. Science as Autobiography tells Jerne’s story, weaving together a narrative of his life experiences, emotional life, and extraordinarily creative scientific work. A legendary figure who preferred an afternoon of conversation in a Paris wine bar to work in the laboratory, Jerne was renowned for his unparalleled powers of concentration and analytical keenness as well as his dissonant personal life. The book explores Jerne the man and scientist, making the fascinating argument that his life experience and view of himself became a metaphorical resource for the construction of his theories. The book also probes the moral issues that surrounded Jerne’s choice to sacrifice his family in favor of scientific goals and the pursuit of excellence.
Scientific Autobiography
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Author : Max Planck
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-11-04
Scientific Autobiography written by Max Planck and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this fascinating autobiography from one of the foremost geniuses of twentieth-century physics, Max Planck tells the story of his life, his aims, and his thinking. Published posthumously, the papers in this volume were written for the general reader and make accessible Planck’s scientific theories as well as his philosophical ideals, including his thoughts on ethics and morals.
Enjoying A Life In Science
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Author : Per Fredrik Scholander
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Enjoying A Life In Science written by Per Fredrik Scholander and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Noted biologist Per Fredrick Thorkelsson Scholander (1905-80) recounts his research expeditions in Alaska, Australia, Antarctica, the Amazon Basin, and other sites. Anecodotes alternate with descriptions of his work in the physiology of diving animals, low temperature responses in warm-blooded animals, osmosis in plants, and other projects. Nicely illustrated with photographs of people, sites, and operations.--(Source of description unspecified.)
Analogies In Physics And Life
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Author : Richard M. Weiner
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2008
Analogies In Physics And Life written by Richard M. Weiner and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Science categories.
Noncommutative geometry is a novel approach which is opening up new possibilities for geometry from a mathematical viewpoint. It is also providing new tools for the investigation of quantum space-time in physics. Recent developments in string theory have supported the idea of quantum spaces, and have strongly stimulated the research in this field. This self-contained volume contains survey lectures and research articles which address these issues and related topics. The book is accessible to both researchers and graduate students beginning to study this subject.
A Scientific Autobiography
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Author : Kameshwar C. Wali
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2010
A Scientific Autobiography written by Kameshwar C. Wali and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Science categories.
S. Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Chandra, was one of the foremost scientists of the 20th century. The year 2010 marks the birth centenary of Chandra. His unique style of research, inward bound, seeking a personal perspective to master a particular field, and then pass on to another was so unique that it will draw considerable interest and attention among scholars. As Chandra elucidates in the preface, "The various installments describe in detail the evolution of my scientific work during the past forty years and records each investigation, describing the doubts and the successes, the trials and the tribulations. And the parts my various associates and assistants played in the completion of the different investigations are detailed." It is indeed a remarkable and rare document, fascinating to read and experience the joys, frustrations and struggles of a creative mind. In addition, a compilation of selected correspondence, which includes his correspondence with his father, some family members and other well-known scientists of the 20th century, will provide an interesting insight into the life of an extraordinary scientist.
The Scientist
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Author : John Lilly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-21
The Scientist written by John Lilly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-21 with categories.
A Soldier In Science
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Author : Bailey K. Ashford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
A Soldier In Science written by Bailey K. Ashford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with categories.
Writing About Lives In Science
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Author : Paola Govoni
language : en
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Release Date : 2014-05-14
Writing About Lives In Science written by Paola Govoni and has been published by V&R Unipress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with History categories.
Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.
Astounding Days
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Author : Arthur C. Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
Astounding Days written by Arthur C. Clarke and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Fiction categories.
Arthur C. Clarke acquired his first science fiction magazine - a copy of Astounding Stories - in 1930, when he was 13. Immediately he became an avid reader and collector: and, soon enough, a would-be-writer. The rest is history. Now, in Astounding Days, he looks back over those impressed by him, discussing their scientific howlers, and their remarkable proportion of predictive bulls-eyes - and writing of his early life and career. Written with relaxed good humour, Astounding Days is full of fascinating comment and anecdote.
Autobiography And Natural Science In The Age Of Romanticism
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Author : Bernhard Kuhn
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Autobiography And Natural Science In The Age Of Romanticism written by Bernhard Kuhn and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Set against the backdrop of a rapidly fissuring disciplinary landscape where poetry and science are increasingly viewed as irreconcilable and unrelated, Bernhard Kuhn's study uncovers a previously ignored, fundamental connection between autobiography and the natural sciences. Examining the autobiographies and scientific writings of Rousseau, Goethe, and Thoreau as representative of their ages, Kuhn challenges the now entrenched thesis of the "two cultures." Rather, these three writers are exemplary in that their autobiographical and scientific writings may be read not as separate or even antithetical but as mutually constitutive projects that challenge the newly emerging boundaries between scientific and humanistic thought during the Romantic period. Reading each writer's life stories and nature works side by side-as they were written-Kuhn reveals the scientific character of autobiographical writing while demonstrating the autobiographical nature of natural science. He considers all three writers in the context of scientific developments in their own times as well as ours, showing how each one marks a distinctive stage in the growing estrangement of the arts and sciences, from the self-assured epistemic unity of Rousseau's time, to the splintering of disciplines into competing ways of knowing under the pressures of specialization and professionalization during the late Romantic age of Thoreau. His book thus traces an unfolding drama, in which these writers and their contemporaries, each situated in an intellectual landscape more fragmented than the last, seek to keep together what modern culture is determined to break apart.