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Recommended Reading (A - Z): Physical Science
Probability 1: Why There Must Be Intelligent Life in the Universe
Aczel, A.D July 27, 2007. #
Physical Science
Amazon.com
In a universe infinitely large, what is the probability of intelligent life on another planet? Sounds like a trick question, but for anyone versed in cosmology and statistics, the answer is 1; that is, there...
The Fabric of Reality
Deutsch, D July 27, 2007. #
Physical Science
Amazon.com
“Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense,” writes physicist David Deutsch. In The Fabric of Reality, Deutsch traces what he considers the four main...
Imagined Worlds
Dyson, F July 27, 2007. #
Physical Science, Mind and Life Sciences
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“Thanks to new technologies, researchers can see much farther into the galaxies, much deeper into the genetic structure of life, and more clearly into the heart of the atom than ever before. But envisioning...
The Meaning Of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist
Feynman, R August 2, 2007. #
Physical Science
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition
Feynman, R August 2, 2007. #
Physical Science
Physics and beyond;: Encounters and conversations
Heisenberg, W August 2, 2007. #
Physical Science, Philosophy
Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists
Jungk, R August 15, 2007. #
Physical Science, Politics and History
The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction
Leslie, J August 4, 2007. #
Physical Science, Philosophy
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Mlodinow, L. May 28, 2010. #
Physical Science, Mind and Life Sciences
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind
Penrose, R August 15, 2007. #
Physical Science, Mind and Life Sciences
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
Penrose, R August 2, 2007. #
Physical Science, Mind and Life Sciences
Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness
Penrose, R. May 28, 2010. #
Physical Science, Mind and Life Sciences
Our Final Hour
Rees, M July 28, 2007. #
Physical Science, Politics and History
From Publishers Weekly
Nano-machines stand poised to revolutionize technology and medicine, but what happens if these minuscule beasties break their leash and run amok? Rees, the U.K.‘s Astronomer Royal and prolific...
The Varieties of Scientific Experience
Sagan, C July 27, 2007. #
Physical Science
From Scientific American
Sagan, writing from beyond the grave (actually his new book, The Varieties of Scientific Experience, is an edited version of his 1985 Gifford Lectures), asks why, if God created the universe,...
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Sagan, C. May 28, 2010. #
Physical Science, Religion and Religious Criticism
God: The Failed Hypothesis.
Stenger, V July 27, 2007. #
Physical Science, Religion and Religious Criticism
Richard Dawkins, Author of the New York Times best-seller The God Delusion.
“Darwin chased God out of his old haunts in biology, and he scurried for safety down the rabbit hole of physics. The laws and constants of the...
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy
Thorne, K August 2, 2007. #
