Adam Hart Davis has interviewed some of the most influentialscientists and thinkers of our time. In this fascinating insightinto modern science he presents the stories behind the science, thedifficulties behind the discoveries and the future of the findings,as explained by the people themselves.
Adam Hart Davis talks with:
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK)
Sir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK)
Colleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US)
Richard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) .
Loren Graham (MIT, US)
Richard Gregory (Bristol, UK)
Eric Lander (MIT, US)
Lord May of Oxford (UK)
John Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK)
Rosalind Picard (MIT, US)
Peter Raven (St Louis, US)
Sir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK)
Eugenie Scott (Oakland, US)
Lewis Wolpert (UCL, UK)
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"...a good book for anyone who wants to see how real science isdone..." (Focus magazine, No.148, March 2005)
"...As well as being stimulating and awe-inspiring, thetranscripts are packed with humour and insight..." (South CoastMagazine, February 2005)
"...this wonderfully accessible book brings to life today's mostintriguing scientific discoveries, debates and personalities."(Focus, Number 154, 2005)
"...wonderful resource...in a library with a shelf forscientists as personalities, this volume merits a place." (JournalOf College Science Teaching, June 2006)
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