Sidney Perkowitz bridges the worlds of science and art, striving to make complex scientific concepts accessible to a broad audience. His popular science writing explores how science shapes our understanding of the world and how it is reflected in popular culture. Perkowitz masterfully blends his deep scientific insight with compelling narrative, offering readers a unique perspective on the world around them.
Physics encompasses all levels of nature from the subatomic to the cosmic, and underlies much of the technology around us. From modern quantum mechanics to cosmology, digital electronics, and energy production, this book discusses why physics is worth doing and how physicists do it.
The perfect companion to AMC’s six-part television series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, this unique book explores the history and evolution of the genre with contributions from the filmmakers who have helped bring it to life For the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg—to get their perspectives on the importance and impact of the genre. This book reproduces the interviews in full as the greatest minds in the genre discuss key topics including alien life, time travel, outer space, dark futures, monsters, and intelligent machines. An in-depth interview with Cameron is also featured, plus essays by experts in the science fiction field on the main themes covered in the show. Illustrated with rare and previously unseen concept art from Cameron’s personal archives, plus imagery from iconic sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books, James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction offers a sweeping examination of a genre that continues to ask questions, push limits, and thrill audiences around the world.
Obwohl wir ständig von Licht umgeben sind, hat die Wissenschaft lange Mühe gehabt, die rätselhafte Natur dieses Phänomens zu erfassen: seine aus Welle und Teilchen, den Photonen, gebildete Doppelnatur. Das Buch führt von den frühen Entdeckungen bis hin zu den modernsten Theorien über die Rolle des Lichts im Universum und zeigt auf, welche verheißungsvollen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten sich in Industrie und Wirtschaft eröffnen. Sidney Perkowitz ist Inhaber des renommierten Charles-Howard-Chandler-Lehrstuhls für die Physik der kondensierten Materie an der Emory University in Atlanta. Zahlreiche wissenschaftliche und populärwissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen in Fachorganen wie in Publikumszeitschriften.