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Science that changed our lives: Five scientific revolutions that changed the way we live and understand the world
Contributor(s): Gellender, Martin (Author)
ISBN: 0646967312     ISBN-13: 9780646967318
Publisher: Martin Gellender
OUR PRICE:   $21.85  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Applied Sciences
- Science | Physics - General
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (1.10 lbs) 150 pages
 
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Within our lifetime, scientific advances have fundamentally changed our world.

This book describes scientific advances in five areas that changed the course of humanity, and set the stage for our generation and those to follow to play out our lives. These advances underpinned technological revolutions, and transformed some of our most basic notions of how the world works.

  • Aircraft and the air transport revolution
  • Nuclear energy: Mankind's saviour or curse?
  • Relativity and the nature of time and space
  • The electricity, electronics and digital revolution
  • Pushing structural limits of what can be built.

The author sets these developments in perspective of his own experiences growing up amidst an electronics revolution, onset of the jet age, and the Cold War within the surroundings of New York City undergoing major social, racial and physical transitions. To make sense of these developments, the author draws upon his subsequent training and experience as a physical chemist, scientific writer, and specialist in energy technology.

The content of this book formed the basis for the course "Science and the Big Issues of Our Time", taught by the author at the University of the Third Age (U3A) in Brisbane, Australia over a two-year period.

Contributor Bio(s): Gellender, Martin: - As a physical chemistry by training, Martin Gellender undertook a career as a laboratory chemist, scientific writer, government technical adviser specialising in energy projects, and Manager of an Energy Information Centre; and set up and operated a government program that funded development of energy and water technology. He teaches a science course for retired seniors at the University of the Third Age.