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Elegance in Science
The beauty of simplicity
Taschenbuch von Ian Glynn
Sprache: Englisch

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The elegance in science is not always obvious, but it does play an important role. Here, Ian Glynn selects historical examples from a wide range of sciences to draw out the principle of elegance, highlighting the role of beauty and simplicity in science, and relating it to important philosophical issues related to inference to the best explanation.
The elegance in science is not always obvious, but it does play an important role. Here, Ian Glynn selects historical examples from a wide range of sciences to draw out the principle of elegance, highlighting the role of beauty and simplicity in science, and relating it to important philosophical issues related to inference to the best explanation.
Über den Autor
Professor Ian Glynn is Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His work on the 'sodium pump' (the molecular machine that quite literally keeps the brains batteries charged) led to his election to the Royal Society and to Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has also served as a member of the Medical Research Council, the Agricultural and Food Research Council, and the Countil of the Royal Society.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: The meaning of elegance

  • 2: Celestial mechanics

  • 3: Bringing the heavens down to Earth

  • 4: So what is heat?

  • 5: Elegance and electricity

  • 6: Throwing light on light

  • 7: How do nerves work?

  • 8: Information handling in the brain

  • 9: The genetic code: a hundred years of decoding

  • 10: Epilogue: a cautionary tale

Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199668816
ISBN-10: 0199668817
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Glynn, Ian
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 196 x 128 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Glynn
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.02.2013
Gewicht: 0,225 kg
Artikel-ID: 106155263
Über den Autor
Professor Ian Glynn is Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His work on the 'sodium pump' (the molecular machine that quite literally keeps the brains batteries charged) led to his election to the Royal Society and to Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has also served as a member of the Medical Research Council, the Agricultural and Food Research Council, and the Countil of the Royal Society.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: The meaning of elegance

  • 2: Celestial mechanics

  • 3: Bringing the heavens down to Earth

  • 4: So what is heat?

  • 5: Elegance and electricity

  • 6: Throwing light on light

  • 7: How do nerves work?

  • 8: Information handling in the brain

  • 9: The genetic code: a hundred years of decoding

  • 10: Epilogue: a cautionary tale

Details
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199668816
ISBN-10: 0199668817
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Glynn, Ian
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 196 x 128 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Glynn
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.02.2013
Gewicht: 0,225 kg
Artikel-ID: 106155263
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