How to Speak Science
Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant
Published on 4. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-61519-403-2 (ISBN)
Description
As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today's cutting-edge technologies possible.
Wanting everyone to be able to "speak" science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains-as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos-the fundamental ideas of the physical world: matter, life, the solar system, light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and much more.
Along the way, Benamran guides us through the wildest hypotheses and most ingenious ideas of Galileo, Newton, Curie, Einstein, and science's other greatest minds, reminding us that while they weren't always exactly right, they were always curious. How to Speak Science acquaints us not only with what scientists know, but how they think, so that each of us can reason like a physicist-and appreciate the world in all its beautiful chaos.
Wanting everyone to be able to "speak" science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains-as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos-the fundamental ideas of the physical world: matter, life, the solar system, light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and much more.
Along the way, Benamran guides us through the wildest hypotheses and most ingenious ideas of Galileo, Newton, Curie, Einstein, and science's other greatest minds, reminding us that while they weren't always exactly right, they were always curious. How to Speak Science acquaints us not only with what scientists know, but how they think, so that each of us can reason like a physicist-and appreciate the world in all its beautiful chaos.
Reviews / Votes
"This is the book for the wannabe science nerd, an omnibus of scientific principles explained in a chatty style that makes difficult concepts relatively easy to understand." -- The Toronto StarMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
16 B&W illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61519-403-2 (9781615194032)
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How to Speak Science
Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant
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04/2021
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Persons
Bruce Benamran is a YouTube personality whose popular science channels e-penser (in French) and Get It (in English) have over a million subscribers. Benamran holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Strasbourg. Already an international bestseller, HOW TO SPEAK SCIENCE is his first book.