{"product_id":"talking-science-isbn-9780470093023","title":"Talking Science","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003etalking\u003c\/i\u003e SCIENCE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTV personality Adam Hart-Davis meets 14 of the world’s leading scientists to discuss their work, their passions, and those elusive ground-breaking moments in their lives. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a book that shows how science can explain the world that we inherited and shape the world that we would like to leave for future generations. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK) tells her personal story of the discovery of the first pulsar. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK) ties knots in nothing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) explains what Darwinism means today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoren Graham (MIT, US) explains why Stalin’s top-down policy meant that no Russian engineering project would ever work properly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Gregory (Bristol, UK) explores some of the visual illusions that so easily fool us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Lander (MIT, US) discusses the excitement of the human genome project.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLord May of Oxford (UK) President of the Royal Society talks about chaos, ecology and HIV.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK) discusses why we bother with sex.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosalind Picard (MIT, US) believes in wearable computers that understand our emotions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK), Astronomer Royal, discusses the big bang, black holes and the end of the universe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEugenie Scott (Oakland, US) is a leading campaigner for the teaching in schools of evolution rather than creationism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLewis Wolpert (UCL, UK) speaks on the ethics and practicality of cloning and on his own depression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US) describes the excitement and discomfort of exploring the deep ocean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Raven (St Louis, US) is a leading advocate of biodiversity – described by \u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as a hero for the planet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface.  \u003cp\u003eChapter One: Jocelyn Bell Burnell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Sir Michael Berry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Colleen Cavanaugh.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Richard Dawkins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Loren Graham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Richard Gregory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Eric Lander.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Lord May of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: John Maynard Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Rosalind Picard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Peter Raven.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: Sir Martin Rees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Eugenie Scott.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen: Lewis Wolpert.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"...a good book for anyone who wants to see how real science is done...\" (Focus magazine, No.148, March 2005)  \u003cp\u003e\"...As well as being stimulating and awe-inspiring, the transcripts are packed with humour and insight...\" (South Coast Magazine, February 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...this wonderfully accessible book brings to life today's most intriguing scientific discoveries, debates and personalities.\" (Focus, Number 154, 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...wonderful resource...in a library with a shelf for scientists as personalities, this volume merits a place.\" (Journal Of College Science Teaching, June 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Hart-Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is a successful freelance broadcaster, writer and photographer. He is an acclaimed presenter of TV programmes, primarily for the BBC, that make science, technology and history accessible to a wide audience. Before becoming a presenter he was a TV producer on a wide range of programmes for commercial television. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Hart Davis holds a Dphil from York University and an MA in Chemistry from Oxford University. He was educated at Eton College. He completed three years post doctoral research in Canada and the UK and several years with Oxford University Press before beginning his television career at Yorkshire Television. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Full details of the programmes on which he has worked can be found on his web-site:  \u003cb\u003ewww.adam-hart-davis.org.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTV personality Adam Hart-Davis meets 14 of the world’s leading scientists to discuss their work, their passions, and those elusive ground-breaking moments in their lives. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a book that shows how science can explain the world that we inherited and shape the world that we would like to leave for future generations. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK) tells her personal story of the discovery of the first pulsar. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK) ties knots in nothing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) explains what Darwinism means today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoren Graham (MIT, US) explains why Stalin’s top-down policy meant that no Russian engineering project would ever work properly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Gregory (Bristol, UK) explores some of the visual illusions that so easily fool us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Lander (MIT, US) discusses the excitement of the human genome project.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLord May of Oxford (UK) President of the Royal Society talks about chaos, ecology and HIV.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK) discusses why we bother with sex.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosalind Picard (MIT, US) believes in wearable computers that understand our emotions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK), Astronomer Royal, discusses the big bang, black holes and the end of the universe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEugenie Scott (Oakland, US) is a leading campaigner for the teaching in schools of evolution rather than creationism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLewis Wolpert (UCL, UK) speaks on the ethics and practicality of cloning and on his own depression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US) describes the excitement and discomfort of exploring the deep ocean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Raven (St Louis, US) is a leading advocate of biodiversity – described by \u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as a hero for the planet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990128705765,"sku":"NP9780470093023","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470093023.jpg?v=1761786624","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/talking-science-isbn-9780470093023","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}