Victor F Weisskopf
Biographic Data
| ID | 713875 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victor F Weisskopf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victor F |
| FAMILY NAME | Weisskopf |
| SIGNATURE | WEISSKOPF V F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Knowledge and Wonder
More than 100,000 copies of the first edition of Knowledge and Wonder have been sold, both in the U.S. and abroad. Written expressly for the general reader and beginning science student, the book describes our present scientific understanding of natural phenomena and the universality of that understanding and its human significance.Contents Preface; Our Place in Space; Our Place in Time; Two Forces of Nature; Atoms; The Quantum; Chemistry; The Qu…
Art and Science
COULD BE MORE DIFFERENT THAN SCIENCE AND ART? The former IS considered as a rational, objective, and cool study of nature; the latter is often regarded as a subjective, irrational outburst of feelings and emotions. One may also consider scientific discoveries as the products of imagination, of sparks of sudden insight, whereas art could be viewed as the product of painstaking work, carefully adding one part to the other by a rational thinking pro…
Wissenschaft und Ethik
Scientists in Search of Their Conscience
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Scientists in Search of Their Conscience
Wissenschaft und Ethik
Art and Science
COULD BE MORE DIFFERENT THAN SCIENCE AND ART? The former IS considered as a rational, objective, and cool study of nature; the latter is often regarded as a subjective, irrational outburst of feelings and emotions. One may also consider scientific discoveries as the products of imagination, of sparks of sudden insight, whereas art could be viewed as the product of painstaking work, carefully adding one part to the other by a rational thinking pro…
Knowledge and Wonder
More than 100,000 copies of the first edition of Knowledge and Wonder have been sold, both in the U.S. and abroad. Written expressly for the general reader and beginning science student, the book describes our present scientific understanding of natural phenomena and the universality of that understanding and its human significance.Contents Preface; Our Place in Space; Our Place in Time; Two Forces of Nature; Atoms; The Quantum; Chemistry; The Qu…
Art (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Congresses (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Ethics in medical practice (1 works) · Evolution and Science Education (1 works) · German Social Sciences and History (1 works)