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Timothy Ferris

    August 24, 1944

    Timothy Ferris is a celebrated science communicator whose extensive body of work includes twelve books, hundreds of articles and essays, and three award-winning documentary films. He has been hailed as a preeminent voice in science writing, receiving numerous accolades for his ability to make complex subjects accessible and engaging for a broad audience. Ferris's writings often delve into the cosmos and humanity's place within it, conveying the wonders of science with clarity and enthusiasm. His distinctive approach has established him as one of the most significant figures in popularizing scientific understanding.

    The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics
    The Mind's Sky
    The Science of Liberty
    Future of Spacetime
    The Red Limit
    Coming of Age in the Milky Way
    • The Science of Liberty

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      “Ferris is a master analogist who conveys his insights on the history of cosmology with a lyrical flair.” — The New York Times Book Review In The Science of Liberty , award-winning author Timothy Ferris—called “the best popular science writer in the English language today” by the Christian Science Monitor and “the best science writer of his generation” by the Washington Post —makes a passionate case for science as the inspiration behind the rise of liberalism and democracy. In the grand tradition of such luminaries of the field as Bill Bryson, Richard Dawkins, and Oliver Sacks—as well as his own The Whole Shebang and Coming of Age in the Milky Way —Ferris has written a brilliant chronicle of how science sparked the spread of liberal democracy and transformed today’s world.

      The Science of Liberty2010
      3.9
    • Budoucnost prostoročasu

      • 175 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Krátký úvod do historie fyzikálních teorií spojených s prostoročasem od Richarda Price, teoretika z oddělení fyziky na University of Utah, připravuje jeviště pro vědecká objasnění a myšlenky známých vědců. Igor Novikov, ředitel Centra pro teoretickou astrofyziku v dánském NORDITA, pojednává o cestování v čase a objasňuje, jak se vyhnout paradoxům při cestování do minulosti. Stephen Hawking, profesor matematiky v Cambridge a jeden z nejznámějších vědců na světě, ukazuje, proč je takové cestování nemožné. Kip Thorne se pokouší cestovat do budoucnosti za pomoci astronomie gravitačních vln. Poslední dva eseje se poněkud odlišují od ostatních, protože nepodávají vědecká vysvětlení. Timothy Ferris, vynikající novinář a popularizátor vědy, vypráví, jak je nezbytné a zároveň obtížné popularizovat vědu. Alan Lightman, přední fyzik se zálibou v psaní, má zkušenost s vědeckou i uměleckou tvorbou, je oprávněn ve svém eseji srovnávat tyto dva rozdílné typy kreativity.

      Budoucnost prostoročasu2009
      4.8
    • Pohľad do tmy

      • 436 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Autor sleduje hviezdy celý život, ale hĺbky vesmíru dostupné kedysi iba profesionálom, alebo dokonca nikomu, sú dnes na dosah pozorovateľom, ktorých motivuje vlastná zvedavosť. Mnohí z amatérov nachádzajú uspokojenie v radosti z estetiky kozmického divadla, iných väčšmi zaujíma, čo je tam "vonku"- čo vlastne predstavujú Saturn, planetárna hmlovina Prstenec, galaxia Strieborná minca alebo kopa galaxií v Súhvezdí Severná koruna...

      Pohľad do tmy2005
      4.7
    • Future of Spacetime

      • 222 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      This collection features insights from renowned physicists on the nature of spacetime, time travel, and the future of science. Richard Price introduces spacetime physics, while Stephen Hawking discusses the concept of chronology protection. Igor Novikov explores the possibility of altering the past, and Kip S. Thorne speculates on future scientific advancements. Timothy Ferris addresses the challenges of making science accessible to the public, and Alan Lightman reflects on the intersection of physics and literature, highlighting the role of physicists as storytellers.

      Future of Spacetime2003
      4.0
    • Všetko o vesmíre

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      Je toho iste viac, než sa dá vmestiť do jednej knihy. Profesor Tomothy Ferris sa jednako pokúsil zostaviť akýsi prehľad, sumu najdôležitejších vedomostí. Jeho kniha sa napriek obsiahlosti témy a vysoko špecializovanej problematike súčasných kozmologických a astrofyzických teórií usadili na vrchných priečkach rebríčkov knižných bestsellerov a svojmu autorovi zabezpečila svetoznámosť.

      Všetko o vesmíre2000
      5.0
    • Que savons-nous de l'espace et du temps, ou encore de la matière ? Comment en sommes-nous arrivés à nos représentations actuelles ? Vastes questions, vaste entreprise que de tâcher d'y répondre : "je ne sache pas qu'aucun livre ait récemment tenté la grande fresque de Timothy Ferris", écrit Pierre Léna dans son enthousiaste préface. En fait, d'Eudoxe, Platon ou Archimède à Einstein ou Stephen Hawking, en passant par Christophe Colomb ou Galilée et Newton, Ferris nous entraîne dans le passionnant voyage de la connaissance. Une histoire, comme toute histoire humaine, jalonnée de crises, de passions et de fulgurantes nouvelles, de sources imprévues jaillissant après de longues aridités opaques."Pour lire le bel ouvrage de Timothy Ferris écrit encore Pierre Léna, il faut faire en soi le silence et accueillir son récit avec la fraîche sensibilité d'un enfant étonné."Timothy Ferris enseigne à Berkeley le journalisme scientifique. Il est l'auteur entre autre de Opéra Cosmique (Calmann Lévy, 1986).

      Histoire du cosmos de l'Antiquité au Big Bang1999
    • The Whole Shebang

      A State-of-the-Universe[s] Report

      • 393 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      From the prizewinning author who has been called "the greatest science writer in the world" comes this delightfully comprehensive and comprehensible report on how science today envisions the universe as a whole. Timothy Ferris provides a clear, elegantly written overview of current research and a forecast of where cosmological theory is likely to go in the twenty-first century. He explores the questions that have occurred to even casual readers -- who are curious about nature on the largest scales: What does it mean to say that the universe is "expanding," or that space is "curved"? -- and sheds light on the possibility that our universe is only one among many universes, each with its own physical laws and prospects for the emergence of life.

      The Whole Shebang1998
    • The Mind's Sky

      • 300 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The bestselling author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way delivers fascinating essays on the human mind, the search for extraterrestrial (and thus nonhuman) intelligence, comet strikes as a source of species extinction, near-death experiences, apocalyptic prophecies, information theory, and the origin of laughter. Praise for The Mind’s Sky “It is a joy to read The Mind’s Sky. What a sense of humility in the face of mystery—the spirit of Ulysses, as Tennyson put it, determined ‘to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield’—and sense of poetry too!”—John Archibald Wheeler, physicist, Princeton University “A few chapters into this wonderful book I suddenly realized that I was taking wider views of my own mind’s sky than I have enjoyed in a long time. Ferris illuminates (among other matters) the mysteries of laughter, nirvana, common sense, and Joe Montana. He makes us think big thoughts.”—Jonathan Weiner, author of The Next 100 Years and Planet Earth “One of our best and most imaginative writers, Timothy Ferris has never been afraid to tackle big themes. The Mind’s Sky is a dazzling and provocative synthesis of inner and outer space. This book is sure to be as controversial as it is elegant.”—Dennis Overbye, author of Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos

      The Mind's Sky1992
      3.9