{"product_id":"talking-science-paperback-softback-9780470093023","title":"Talking Science (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470093023","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTalking Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAdam Hart-Davis (Edited by), A Hart–Davis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470093023, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 September 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e19 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...a good book for anyone who wants to see how real science is done...\" (Focus magazine, No.148, March 2005)  \u003cp\u003e\"...As well as being stimulating and awe-inspiring, the transcripts are packed with humour and insight...\" (South Coast Magazine, February 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...this wonderfully accessible book brings to life today's most intriguing scientific discoveries, debates and personalities.\" (Focus, Number 154, 2005)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...wonderful resource...in a library with a shelf for scientists as personalities, this volume merits a place.\" (Journal Of College Science Teaching, June 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003etalking\u003c\/i\u003e SCIENCE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTV personality Adam Hart-Davis meets 14 of the world’s leading scientists to discuss their work, their passions, and those elusive ground-breaking moments in their lives. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a book that shows how science can explain the world that we inherited and shape the world that we would like to leave for future generations. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK) tells her personal story of the discovery of the first pulsar. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK) ties knots in nothing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) explains what Darwinism means today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoren Graham (MIT, US) explains why Stalin’s top-down policy meant that no Russian engineering project would ever work properly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Gregory (Bristol, UK) explores some of the visual illusions that so easily fool us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Lander (MIT, US) discusses the excitement of the human genome project.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLord May of Oxford (UK) President of the Royal Society talks about chaos, ecology and HIV.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK) discusses why we bother with sex.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosalind Picard (MIT, US) believes in wearable computers that understand our emotions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK), Astronomer Royal, discusses the big bang, black holes and the end of the universe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEugenie Scott (Oakland, US) is a leading campaigner for the teaching in schools of evolution rather than creationism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLewis Wolpert (UCL, UK) speaks on the ethics and practicality of cloning and on his own depression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US) describes the excitement and discomfort of exploring the deep ocean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Raven (St Louis, US) is a leading advocate of biodiversity – described by \u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as a hero for the planet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003eChapter One: Jocelyn Bell Burnell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Sir Michael Berry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Colleen Cavanaugh.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Richard Dawkins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Loren Graham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Richard Gregory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Eric Lander.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Lord May of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: John Maynard Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Rosalind Picard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Peter Raven.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: Sir Martin Rees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Eugenie Scott.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen: Lewis Wolpert.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Science: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Science: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Science:%20general%20issues%20%5BPD%5D%22\"\u003ePD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52257035125016,"sku":"9780470093023","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470093023.jpg?v=1781275928","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/talking-science-paperback-softback-9780470093023","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}