Mario Livio
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xv, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"A biography of the great astronomer and scientist, and an examination of the faith vs. science question, then and now, written by a noted astrophysicist and author"--
At present, we face enormous crises, such as the minimization of the dangers of climate change because the science behind these threats is erroneously questioned or ignored. Galileo encountered this problem 400 years ago. His discoveries contradicted the teachings of the church at...
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xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"This is a fascinating examination of perhaps our most human characteristic, our innate curiosity, our deep desire to know why. Why are we more distracted by a cell-phone conversation, where we can hear only one side of the dialogue, than by an overheard argument between two people? Are children more curious than adults? What is the source of the morbid curiosity that causes bystanders to gather at crime scenes or traffic accidents? What evolutionary...
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8 audio discs (approximately 588 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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We all make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. And that includes five of the greatest scientists in history, Charles Darwin, William Thompson, Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle and Albert Einstein. But the mistakes that these great luminaries made helped advance science.