
Science Sketches
The Universe from Different Angles
Sidney Perkowitz(Author)
Jenny Stanford Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2022
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-981-4877-94-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the second collection of over 50 articles and essays authored by Sidney Perkowitz. Appearing in diverse outlets such as Discover, Washington Post, Aeon, Los Angeles Review of Books, Nautilus, Museum of the Moving Image, and Physics World, they represent the best of his writing about science and technology, and their links to culture and society, the arts and the media, and the humanities. Written for general readers, the pieces explore the outer and inner universes from cosmic space to the human mind, from the artistic use of science to the impact of technology and AI in the justice system, in medicine, and in dealing with COVID-19.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
1 s/w Abbildung, 6 farbige Abbildungen, 1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 6 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white; 6 Halftones, color; 1 Halftones, black and white; 6 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-4877-94-7 (9789814877947)
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03/2022
1st Edition
Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd
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E-Book
03/2022
1st Edition
Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd
€49.99
Available for download
Person
Sidney Perkowitz was born in New York City, attended college at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now the NYU Tandon School of Engineering), and earned his doctorate in physics at the University of Pennsylvania. As Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics at Emory University, he produced over 100 research papers and books. As Professor Emeritus, he has presented science for non-scientists in books (Empire of Light, Universal Foam and Universal Foam 2.0, Digital People, Hollywood Science, Slow Light, Hollywood Chemistry, Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon, and Real Scientists Don't Wear Ties) that have been translated into seven languages and Braille; over 200 articles and book chapters in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New Scientist, Leonardo, Discover, Physics World, Encyclopedia Britannica, Aeon, Quo, Los Angeles Review of Books, JSTOR Daily, James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction, and elsewhere; and theatrical works produced in Atlanta, New York, and Chicago. He has appeared on CNN, NPR, the BBC, and other outlets, and venues such as NASA, Microsoft, the American Museum of Natural History, the High Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Atlanta Science Festival, and various cafe scientifiques, to discuss topics from science in the media to the science of food. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and in 2015, received a lifetime achievement award from the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts.
http://sidneyperkowitz.net/, @physp
http://sidneyperkowitz.net/, @physp
Content
Looking at Nature Without and Within Doing the Math Four Scientists and a Quest Technology in Society Science, Fiction, and Art