100 Ideas that Changed the World
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1849901961 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Informative Educational Unsurprising Superficial Competent Shalom Freedman One hundred experts select one hundred ideas that have changed the world. The ideas are predominantly from the areas of Science and Technology. The experts write short essays frequently relating the 'story of the idea' and how it came to be important. One has ideas which range from 'the wheel' to ' social networking' and cover in effect the whole range of human development. One of course also has ideas related to our understanding of the universe, and one of them discourses on the 'vastness' of the universe. There is space for exposition and enabling the general reader to grasp t. Please use the correct data liyunzhen Refer to the section of magnetism, page 161 the section writer states that: demand for these rare earth is high, but China has stranglehold on these vital material, holding 97 per cent of the known global resource". China is flexing its muscles ", says Heap. It has already threatened to pull its consumer tech export to Japan.The author is using fake data. China has 30 percent of the resource, but are selling 97 market share with cheap price.Polition propaganda should never appear in science books.In general, the book is very knowledgable, sorry to those professors.. Disapointed Wanted an easy read for book of same titleput out by Readers digest. Particularly ability to change font size, That I received but this book does noy address to the era in which I had the most interest. Religious ideas. I felt cheated!
Each essay looks at the logic behind these great inventions, discoveries, theories, and experiments, studying the circumstances that brought them into being and assessing the impact that they had on the world at large. The essays cover topics as diverse as the Big Bang, vaccination, computing, radioactivity, human genomes, the wheel, and more. Essays from such authorities as Brian Cox, Patrick Moore, Richard Dawkins, and Marcus du Sautoy offer glimpses into the minds behind history's greatest eureka momentsWith selections nominated by experts from all fields of science and engineering, this fascinating book explores 100 of the most forward thinking, far-reaching, and downright inspired ideas and inventions in history. From the earliest understandings of our place in the solar system, via Darwinism, DNA, neutrons, and quarks, right up to the theories that are pushing the boundaries of our knowledge today, we are forever propelled forward by our most gifted scientific minds.
She launched the Focus app and presented the podcast and FocusTV. . She has also written for Countryfile and Lonely Planet magazines, and in TV production at the BBC's Natural History Unit. Jheni Osman is the award-winning former editor of the BBC's award-winning science and technology magazine, Focus
She has also written for Countryfile and Lonely Planet magazines, and in TV production at the BBC's Natural History Unit. . She launched the Focus app and presented the podcast and FocusTV. About the AuthorJheni Osman is the award-winning former editor of the BBC's award-winning science and technology magazine, Focus