A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit

A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit
ISBN-10
1400078199
ISBN-13
9781400078196
Category
Science
Pages
211
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Vintage
Author
Alan Lightman

Description

Presents a collection of essays exploring the human dimensions of science, furnishing portraits of seminal scientists Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein, Edward Teller, and Vera Rubin, as well as reflections on science and art, imagination and metaphor in science, and the social and spiritual implications of technology.

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