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Laddar... The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books) (2008)av Freeman Dyson
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. What a weird mind, but definitely worth reading. At times totally obtuse, at others genious and visionary. ( ) This collection of reviews and essays by Freeman Dyson is a miscellany despite the title, including anecdotes about such notaries as Oppenheimer, Teller and Feynman as well as thoughtful essays on war and peace. I particularly like Dyson's thoughts on what it will take to successfully work to abolish nuclear weapons. The Scientist As Rebel is a collection of some of Freeman J. Dyson's book reviews, short essays, and speeches. While science is the main subject, Freeman is such a polymath that many other areas are touched on. Poetry, history, literature, biography, and politics are some of the areas touched upon. Dyson is never strident and shows a toleration for religion that many scientists do not. He never gives religionists a free pass but does concede that humans and religion form a tight bond. Dyson comes across as a person one could sit down and have fascinating conversations with for hours without tempers flaring even when controversial subjects are broached. At his core he is a humanist writ large. He has been friends with a vast and varied assortment of personalities throughout his now long life. It was quite a pleasure to spend some time with him via this book. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"From Galileo to today's amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who resist the restrictions their cultures impose on them. In their pursuit of Nature's truths, they are guided as much by imagination as by reason, and their greatest theories have the uniqueness and beauty of great works of art. Dyson argues that the best way to understand science is by understanding those who practice it. He tells stories of scientists at work, ranging from Isaac Newton's absorption in physics, alchemy, theology, and politics, to Ernest Rutherford's discovery of the structure of the atom, to Albert Einstein's stubborn hostility to the idea of black holes. His descriptions of brilliant physicists like Edward Teller and Richard Feynman are enlivened by his own reminiscences of them. He looks with a skeptical eye at fashionable scientific fads and fantasies, and speculates on the future of climate prediction, genetic engineering, the colonization of space, and the possibility that paranormal phenomena may exist yet not be scientifically verifiable." "Dyson also looks beyond particular scientific questions to reflect on broader philosophical issues, such as the limits of reductionism, the morality of strategic bombing and nuclear weapons, the preservation of the environment, and the relationship between science and religion. These essays offer informed insights into the history of science and fresh perspectives on contentious current debates about science, ethics, and faith."--Jacket. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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