Conversations about Physics. Volume 2

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burton, Howard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.
Series:Ideas Roadshow Collections.
Subjects:
Physics > Miscellanea.
Cosmology.
Time.
Life on other planets.
Extraterrestrial anthropology.
cosmology.
time.
Extraterrestrial anthropology
Cosmology
Life on other planets
Physics
Time
Sun.
Sun
Trivia and miscellanea
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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
  • IV. Rolling Up Our Sleeves
  • V. Cosmological Natural Selection
  • VI. The Meta-law Dilemma
  • VII. Scientific Impact
  • VIII. Making A Difference
  • Continuing the Conversation

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