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Thought X

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Thought X

By Adam Marek, Sarah Schofield, Ian Watson, Margaret Wilkinson, Adam Roberts, Anneliese Mackintosh, Zoe Gilbert, Sandra Alland, Andy Hedgecock, Robin Ince

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About the book

Science is always telling stories. Whether in the creation myths of evolution or the Big Bang, or in the eureka moments of science history, narrative--just as much as metaphor--is a key tool in the scientist's surprisingly literary toolkit. Perhaps the most interesting use of story is the thought experiment, the intuition pump, that draws on the most instinctive parts of the imagination to crack otherwise perplexing problems. From Newton's Bucket and Maxwell's Demon to Einstein's Lift and Schrod...Show more

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9781905583607

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Comma Press

Published year

2017

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Thought X

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