Who Wants to be a Scientist?

Who Wants to be a Scientist?
Title Who Wants to be a Scientist? PDF eBook
Author Nancy Rothwell
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 180
Release 2002-09-19
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780521520928

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Essential information for anyone considering a career in scientific research.

The Language of God

The Language of God
Title The Language of God PDF eBook
Author Francis Collins
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 227
Release 2008-09-04
Genre Science
ISBN 1847396151

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Dr Francis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists, working at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God. How does he reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable? In THE LANGUAGE OF GOD he explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes the reader on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry and biology -- indeed, reason itself -- are not incompatible with belief. His book is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?

This Little Scientist

This Little Scientist
Title This Little Scientist PDF eBook
Author Joan Holub
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 26
Release 2018-09-25
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1534401091

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Learn all about scientists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for inventors-in-training! Asking why. Then making a guess. Asking how. Then proving with tests. Little scientists make great big discoveries. In this follow up to This Little President, This Little Explorer, and This Little Trailblazer now even the youngest readers can learn all about great and empowering scientists in history! Highlighting ten memorable scientists who paved the way, parents and little ones alike will love this discovery primer full of fun, age-appropriate facts and bold illustrations.

Advice To A Young Scientist

Advice To A Young Scientist
Title Advice To A Young Scientist PDF eBook
Author P. B. Medawar
Publisher Basic Books
Pages 132
Release 2008-08-01
Genre Science
ISBN 0786722622

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To those interested in a life in science, Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel laureate, deflates the myths of invincibility, superiority, and genius; instead, he demonstrates it is common sense and an inquiring mind that are essential to the scientist's calling. He deflates the myths surrounding scientists -- invincibility, superiority, and genius; instead, he argues that it is common sense and an inquiring mind that are essential to the makeup of a scientist. He delivers many wry observations on how to choose a research topic, how to get along wih collaborators and older scientists and administrators, how (and how not) to present a scientific paper, and how to cope with culturally "superior" specialists in the arts and humanities.

What Is a Scientist?

What Is a Scientist?
Title What Is a Scientist? PDF eBook
Author Barbara Lehn
Publisher Millbrook Press
Pages 36
Release 2011-08-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0761380841

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Simple text and full-color photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process: asking questions, noticing details, drawing what they see, taking notes, measuring, performing experiments, and more.

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist
Title The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist PDF eBook
Author James Longuski
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 148
Release 2007-05-26
Genre Science
ISBN 0387682228

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This book translates "thinking like a rocket scientist" into every day thinking so it can be used by anyone. It’s short and snappy and written by a rocket scientist. The book illustrates the methods (the 7 secrets) with anecdotes, quotations and biographical sketches of famous scientists, personal stories and insights, and occasionally some space history. The author reveals that rocket science is just common sense applied to the extraordinarily uncommon environment of outer space and that rocket scientists are people, too. It is intended for "armchair" scientists, and for those interested in popular psychology, space history, and science fiction films.

The Self-made Tapestry

The Self-made Tapestry
Title The Self-made Tapestry PDF eBook
Author Philip Ball
Publisher
Pages 316
Release 2001
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780198502432

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For centuries, scientists have struggled to understand the origins of the patterns and forms found in nature. Now, in this lucid and accessibly written book, Philip Ball applies state-of-the-art scientific understanding from the fields of biology, chemistry, geology, physics, and mathematics to these ancient mysteries, revealing how nature's seemingly complex patterns originate in simple physical laws. Tracing the history of scientific thought about natural patterns, Ball shows how common presumptions--for example, that complex form must be guided by some intelligence or that form always follows function--are erroneous and continue to mislead scientists today. He investigates specific patterns in depth, revealing that these designs are self-organized and that simple, local interactions between component parts produce motifs like spots, stripes, branches, and honeycombs. In the process, he examines the mysterious phenomenon of symmetry and why it appears--and breaks--in similar ways in different systems. Finally, he attempts to answer this profound question: why are some patterns universal? Illustrations throughout the text, many in full color, beautifully illuminate Ball's ideas.