Conversations about Physics. Volume 2

Conversations About Physics, Volume 2, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading researchers with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the diff...

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Main Author: Burton, Howard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.
Series:Ideas Roadshow Collections.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Textual Note -- Preface -- Harnessing the Sun -- A conversation with Jenny Nelson -- Introduction -- I. Finding Her Place -- II. Solar Energy -- III. Materials -- IV. Models vs. Labs -- V. Real-World Impact -- VI. A Brighter Future? -- Continuing the Conversation -- Pushing the Boundaries -- A conversation with Freeman Dyson -- Introduction -- I. Debating Exceptionalism -- II. In Praise of Rebels -- III. Against Reductionism -- IV. Foundational Issues -- V. Current Mysteries -- VI. The Origin of Life -- VII. Space Travel -- VIII. Science and Society -- IX. Religion 
505 8 |a X. Final Thoughts -- Continuing the Conversation -- SETI: -- Astronomy as a Contact Sport -- A conversation with Jill Tarter -- Introduction -- I. Introducing SETI -- II. A Sense of Scale -- III. Detection -- IV. Suddenly Relevant -- V. Reaching Out -- The Pull of the Stars -- A conversation with Claudia de Rham -- Introduction -- I. Stellar Origins -- II. Mysteries Galore -- III. Public Understanding -- IV. Gender -- V. Passing It On -- Examining Time -- A conversation with Lee Smolin -- Introduction -- I. Physics via Architecture -- II. Justifying the Laws -- III. Collaboration 
505 8 |a IV. Rolling Up Our Sleeves -- V. Cosmological Natural Selection -- VI. The Meta-law Dilemma -- VII. Scientific Impact -- VIII. Making A Difference -- Continuing the Conversation 
520 |a Conversations About Physics, Volume 2, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading researchers with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. Freeman Dyson, former faculty member at Institute for Advanced Study;2. Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics and Head of the Climate Change mitigation team at the Grantha. 
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650 0 |a Cosmology. 
650 0 |a Time. 
650 0 |a Life on other planets. 
650 0 |a Extraterrestrial anthropology. 
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650 7 |a Cosmology  |2 fast 
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650 7 |a Physics  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Time  |2 fast 
651 7 |a Sun  |2 fast 
655 7 |a Trivia and miscellanea  |2 fast 
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