{"product_id":"talking-science-adam-hart-davis-9780470093023","title":"Talking Science","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003etalking\u003c\/i\u003e SCIENCE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTV personality Adam Hart-Davis meets 14 of the world's leading scientists to discuss their work, their passions, and those elusive ground-breaking moments in their lives. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a book that shows how science can explain the world that we inherited and shape the world that we would like to leave for future generations. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK) tells her personal story of the discovery of the first pulsar. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK) ties knots in nothing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) explains what Darwinism means today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoren Graham (MIT, US) explains why Stalin's top-down policy meant that no Russian engineering project would ever work properly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Gregory (Bristol, UK) explores some of the visual illusions that so easily fool us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Lander (MIT, US) discusses the excitement of the human genome project.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLord May of Oxford (UK) President of the Royal Society talks about chaos, ecology and HIV.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK) discusses why we bother with sex.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosalind Picard (MIT, US) believes in wearable computers that understand our emotions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK), Astronomer Royal, discusses the big bang, black holes and the end of the universe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEugenie Scott (Oakland, US) is a leading campaigner for the teaching in schools of evolution rather than creationism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLewis Wolpert (UCL, UK) speaks on the ethics and practicality of cloning and on his own depression.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US) describes the excitement and discomfort of exploring the deep ocean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Raven (St Louis, US) is a leading advocate of biodiversity - described by \u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as a hero for the planet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Hart-Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0470093021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780470093023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.54h x 6.10w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience Books \u0026amp; Films Best Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 4","brand":"Adam Hart-Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44311022928127,"sku":"9780470093023","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56fc9bcc-b8f3-4912-81e2-f194956bceed.jpg?v=1695720685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talking-science-adam-hart-davis-9780470093023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}