Science for Non-Scientists
Publisher
:
Calmann-Lévy
Parution date
:
2001
EAN
:
9782702132326
Description
Last year, Albert Jacquard spent an afternoon visiting some high school students who felt they weren’t particularly cut out for science. He set about proving them wrong. By the end of the day, they were all passionate on the subject of German mathematician Georg Cantor’s varied infinites, and were completely galvanized by his explanation of Moravian logician Kurt Goedel’s theorems. Jacquard ended up converting them to science, demonstrating that they were capable of understanding even the most obscure concepts.
Author
Albert Jacquard : Albert Jacquard is a distinguished geneticist and a graduate of Paris’ prestigious École Polytechnique. He has written numerous best-selling works on science and society, among these Petite Philosophie à l'usage des non-philosophes (Éditions Calmann-Levy, 1999), a tremendously successful bestseller, as well as Dieu ? (Éditions Sock, 2003) and Tentatives de lucidité (Éditions Stock, 2004).
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