Enigmas

Herausgeber: Ward, Emily Joan; Reuvers, Robin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Arising from the 2020 Darwin College Lectures, this volume presents essays from prominent public intellectuals on the theme of Enigmas. It will appeal to anyone fascinated by solved and unsolved puzzles and mysteries from disciplines as diverse as history, volcanology, archaeology and physics, amongst others.

Produktdetails

• Darwin College Lectures
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 168mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781009232548
• ISBN-10: 1009232541
• Artikelnr.: 64993106

Inhaltsangabe

Enigmas: Introduction Emily Joan Ward and Robin Reuvers
1. Human origins Adam Rutherford
2. Mysteries of modern physics Sean M. Carroll
3. Decoding the heavens: the Antikythera mechanism Jo Marchant
4. Alan Turing and the Enigma machine James Grime
5. The enigma of emotion Tiffany Watt Smith
6. The enigma of medieval letters Erik Kwakkel
7. Eruptions, emissions and enigmas: from fuming volcanic vents to mass extinction events Tamsin A. Mather
8. The enigma of mind: a theory of evolution and conscious experience Albert Y. M. Lin and J. Derek Lomas
Index.