Telmo Pievani, Michael Gerard Kenyon

Serendipity

The Unexpected in Science
Übersetzer: Kenyon, Michael Gerard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the bestselling author of Imperfection, a theory of uncertainty as the very core of the scientific method and the essence of its wonder.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 141mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9780262049153
• ISBN-10: 0262049155
• Artikelnr.: 69827736

Autorenporträt

Telmo Pievani is Full Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Padua, where he covers the first Italian chair of Philosophy of Biological Sciences. A leading evolutionist, science communicator, and columnist for Corriere della Sera, he is the author of The Unexpected Life , Creation without God, Imperfection (MIT Press), and other books.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents:
1—Archimedes, a king in need of healing and three princes from Serendip:
the travels of an oriental fable
2—Junk, auxiliary virtues and other clutter: story of a misunderstanding of
success
3—Tears, moulds, melons and lots of collodion: the science of the
unexpected
4—Scientific adventurers sail uncharted seas: the ecology of serendipity
5—Prey, predators and retrospective prophecies: the science of Sherlock
Holmes
6—Butterflies, jellyfish, mushrooms and unattainable goals: nature is
bigger than our knowledge
7—Painting a landscape and only then opening the window: the strangest and
most profound serendipity
Bibliography
Index