The Great Paradox of Science

The Great Paradox of Science
Title The Great Paradox of Science PDF eBook
Author Mano Singham
Publisher
Pages 321
Release 2020
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0190055057

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Many people are admirers of science and are eager to know more about it but are woefully unaware of why that knowledge is so powerful. That lack of understanding can be exploited by those with harmful agendas to sow doubt about the validity of the consensus conclusions arrived at by scientists about issues of major importance. This book's explanation of why the theories of science work so well without being true may not only surprise them, it would also enable them to counter harmful anti-science agendas and provide practical benefits by enabling them to make much better judgments about issues in their everyday lives.

The Great Silence

The Great Silence
Title The Great Silence PDF eBook
Author Milan M. Ćirković
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 502
Release 2018-05-03
Genre Science
ISBN 0192552872

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The Great Silence explores the multifaceted problem named after the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his legendary 1950 lunchtime question "Where is everybody?" In many respects, Fermi's paradox is the richest and the most challenging problem for the entire field of astrobiology and the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) studies. This book shows how Fermi's paradox is intricately connected with many fields of learning, technology, arts, and even everyday life. It aims to establish the strongest possible version of the problem, to dispel many related confusions, obfuscations, and prejudices, as well as to offer a novel point of entry to the many solutions proposed in existing literature. Milan Cirkovic argues that any evolutionary worldview cannot avoid resolving the Great Silence problem in one guise or another.

Paradox

Paradox
Title Paradox PDF eBook
Author Jim Al-Khalili
Publisher Random House
Pages 306
Release 2013
Genre Games & Activities
ISBN 0552778060

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How can a cat be both dead and alive at the same time? Why will Achilles never beat a tortoise in a race, no matter how fast he runs? And how can a person be ten years older than their twin? Throughout history, scientists have been coming up with theories and ideas that just do not seem to make sense

Strangers in Their Own Land

Strangers in Their Own Land
Title Strangers in Their Own Land PDF eBook
Author Arlie Russell Hochschild
Publisher The New Press
Pages 305
Release 2018-02-20
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1620973987

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The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump "A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart, respectful and compelling book." —Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book Review When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to Strangers in Their Own Land to understand what Trump voters were thinking when they cast their ballots. Arlie Hochschild, one of the most influential sociologists of her generation, had spent the preceding five years immersed in the community around Lake Charles, Louisiana, a Tea Party stronghold. As Jedediah Purdy put it in the New Republic, "Hochschild is fascinated by how people make sense of their lives. . . . [Her] attentive, detailed portraits . . . reveal a gulf between Hochchild's 'strangers in their own land' and a new elite." Already a favorite common read book in communities and on campuses across the country and called "humble and important" by David Brooks and "masterly" by Atul Gawande, Hochschild's book has been lauded by Noam Chomsky, New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu, and countless others. The paperback edition features a new afterword by the author reflecting on the election of Donald Trump and the other events that have unfolded both in Louisiana and around the country since the hardcover edition was published, and also includes a readers' group guide at the back of the book.

Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories

Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories
Title Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories PDF eBook
Author Fredric Brown
Publisher
Pages 234
Release 1973
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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13 Science Fiction stories. Paradox Lost, Puppet Show, The Last Train, It Didn't Happen, Knock, Obedience, Ten Percenter, Aelurophobe, Wine Kleine Nachtmusik, Nothing sirius, The New One, Double Standard, Something Green, all Science Fiction Stories.

The Motion Paradox

The Motion Paradox
Title The Motion Paradox PDF eBook
Author Joseph Mazur
Publisher Penguin
Pages 278
Release 2007
Genre Science
ISBN 9780525949923

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Traces the epic history of Greek philosopher Zeno's yet-unsolved paradox of motion, citing the contributions of top minds to the scientific community's understanding of the elusive basic structure of time and space.

The Paradox Men

The Paradox Men
Title The Paradox Men PDF eBook
Author Charles L. Harness
Publisher
Pages 159
Release 1953
Genre English fiction
ISBN 9780450029967

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