¿Cuándo un descubrimiento científico se convierte en un hecho ampliamente aceptado? ¿Por qué cuando se producen despiertan tanta controversia y son negados con facilidad? Robert P. Crease, filósofo e historiador...
No hay ciencia sin observaciones, sin experimentos. Y sin embargo, son las teorías, y los teóricos los que más atención y popularidad consiguen. Precisamente por esto son necesarios libros como el del autor de este libro, en...
Brookhaven National Laboratory was the first major national laboratory built for basic civilian research. From Nobel Prize-winning work in atomic physics to addressing community concerns over radiation leaks, the history of Brookhaven parallels the changi...
The late Abraham Pais, author of the award winning biography of Albert Einstein, Subtle is the Lord, here offers an illuminating portrait of another of his eminent colleagues, J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the most charismatic and enigmatic figures of...
Breakthroughs in science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg, and the people behind them. Tells the stories of how the great equations came to be and their particular and sometimes peculiar contexts. How did Newton's law of gravitation influence young revolutio...
From the use of expert testimony in the courtroom to the advice we rely on to solve key economic, political, and social problems, expertise is an essential part of our decision-making process. However, the extent to which experts can be trusted is a subje...