books by FREEMAN DYSON     books:       Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry3 reviews Fukagawa Hidetoshi, Tony Rothman Princeton University Press, 2008 Beautiful Mathematics For anyone who truly loves mathematics, this book is a must have. Simply put, the book tells the story of sangaku, geometry problems which were painted in color on wooden tablets and displayed at Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines throughout Japan. Most of the sangaku were composed by people from all walks of life-priests, farmers, children women, samurai, etc.-between 1600 and 1900. ...             The Pleasure of Finding Things Out1 review Richard P. Feynman Penguin Books Ltd, 2001 insightful observations Let's be clear about one thing. Most if not all of the chapters in this book have appeared in various places before. Richard Feynman has been dead 20 years, and nothing here is newly discovered material. However, it does provide an insight into a gifted mind, who was also eloquent with the written word. One chapter has been famous in computing for decades. "There's Plenty of Room at the ...             The New Quotable Einstein5 reviews Alice Calaprice, Albert Einstein Princeton University Press, 2005 On the whole excellent I was overjoyed when the first edition came out. Here in one small volume were many of Einstein's most famous lines. I was even happier when new expanded editions came out. I have used the book almost as an index to my collection of books about Einstein (and I have a dozen of them). But I noticed one problem in the editing. In the first edition, in the chapter "On Religion, God, and ...             The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books Collection)7 reviews Freeman Dyson New York Review Books, 2006 Ethical Concern & More From Eminent Physicist Physicist Freeman Dyson has been prominent in his field since the forties, when he participated in the development of nuclear weapons. In "The Scientist As Rebel," he presents a collection of his book reviews, essays, and lectures - mostly from the last decade. The typical review covers more than one book by authors with differing views - the books serving as templates for Dyson to develop his ...             From Eros to Gaia4 reviews Freeman Dyson Pantheon, 1992 If only the world could have more Freeman Dysons.... The mathmatician / physicist Freeman Dyson is a Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton university. His career has distinguished him as a top notch scientist who is brilliant, insightful, and perhaps most important, a kind and gentle fellow. From Eros To Gaia deals with many concerns facing scientists today. Eros is the Greek term for the highest love, and Gaia ...             Disturbing the Universe14 reviews Freeman J Dyson Harper & Row, 1979 More Truthful than Science I was first introduced to Freeman Dyson as a colleague and sometimes other half of Richard Feynman. I regret that during our brief meetings I never got to know him for being more than a physicist. Therefore, when I started reading this book I was expecting something akin to the biographical material on Feynman. Instead, I found not only a more richly multidimensional book, but a glimpse into the ...             Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character6 reviews Richard P. Feynman W. W. Norton, 2005 curious indeed This is a wonderful read....a chance to listen to a great scientist with a wonderful quirky mind. It is all interesting, some of it very touching, but the part on the investigation of the Challenger explosion is a classic study in bureaucratic malingering.             A Many-Colored Glass: Reflections on the Place of Life in the Universe (Page Barbour Lectures)4 reviews Freeman J. Dyson University of Virginia Press, 2007 The biased review sets the stage for all further input. Freeman Dyson is one of the most forward thinking people of the last 100 years. For some book review to simply dismiss his resume out of hand is absurd. This is a complex issue that demands we think with our heads and not with our hearts. The study of this issue requires that those familiar with the complex mathematics involved have a say so, and not just climate scientists with only a cursory ...             The Expanded Quotable Einstein5 reviews Albert Einstein Princeton University Press, 2000 One Incredible Man to Quote I absolutely love this book, and the myriad of areas Albert Einstein touches upon. From deeply personal thoughts about himself, to humankind, science, music, life, war and peace, religion, God, and philosophy, Alice Calaprice did a fantastic job in collecting and compiling the moving and meaningful quotes in this book. Here are three of my favorites: On Pacifism: " No person has the right ...             The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space: Apogee Books Space Series 12 (Apogee Books Space Series)16 reviews Gerard K. O'Neill Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc., 2000 The Classic! This is the classic proposal for the human expansion into space by the originator of the idea himself, Gerard O'neill. In it, he shows how space settlement could be done using boring 1970's technology. A very good and thought provoking read, it is the ONLY space book that presented a plausible way for the rest of us (not just the "experts" and scientists) could go move into space in style AND ...             The Sun, The Genome, and The Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolution (Nypl/Oup Lectures)13 reviews Freeman J. Dyson Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Excellent essay collxn by an outstanding scientist-write ...--- Rating: "A/A+" -- another excellent essay collection by an outstanding scientist-writer. _The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet_ covers scientific revolutions, technology & social justice, and the exploration & colonization of space: familiar Dyson topics all, and delivered with his usual grace. The three items in the title are Dyson's hope for generating wealth in the ...             The Deep Hot Biosphere : The Myth of Fossil Fuels30 reviews Thomas Gold Springer, 2001 Abiogenic petroleum origin 1. Pores within rock, like cells within living organisms, can be maintained at very high pressures, sol long as the fluid that occupies the pores or cell exerts an outward pressure as great as the opposing pressure of the surroundings. 2. Under the abiogenic theory, if oil and gas are flowing upwards from deep high pressure levels any caprock. No rock has a significant tensile strength, so no ...             Star Maker (Early Classics of Science Fiction)24 reviews Olaf Stapledon Wesleyan, 2004 Towering but overlooked sci-fi classic Olaf Stapledon was a Philosopher who dabbled in science fiction. He wrote several science fiction stories and books, which attempted to project future trends of his time very far into the future. One book, First and Last Men, tracks human evolution over billions of years and ends when the last human dies in Neptune, long after the Sun is dead. The Star Maker however, is by far his finest ...             Origins of Life8 reviews Freeman Dyson Cambridge University Press, 1986 Good questions are real thought-provokers We're used to books that give answers. We want to be spoon fed, and often whine when the answers are not sugar coated as well. The books about the origins of life that I've read (De Duve's "Vital Dust," Margulis' "Early Life," Gribbon's several books, Crick's pan-spermia, the anthropic principle...) follow the usual pattern. They start at different stages of the origins of life, but they all: ...             Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant25 reviews Julian Havil Princeton University Press, 2003 An excellent read! Evidently some "reviewers" should be reviewing books involving simpler mathematics; they clearly didn't get what this book is about!! Havil's book is not really for the person in the street despite his introductory comments. You must have sufficient background to stand up to some lengthy derivations and the willingness to work through them in detail. If you lack these, I don't think you'll ...             Infinite in All Directions3 reviews Freeman Dyson Harpercollins, 1989 Another absorbing journey with Freeman Dyson. Mr. Dyson is one of the most respected and distinguished physicists in the world. He is also a great science writer for the layman. Although a gentle and gracious man by nature, Dyson is not afraid to take on the sacred cows and unfashionable areas of science, and it is obvious that there is little beyond his powers of comprehension. When I read Freeman Dyson, I feel as though I am in the ...             Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Southeast Asia1 review Freeman J. Dyson, R. Gomer, ... Diane Pub Co, 2001 Great Report. Should be free though. This report is available for free online. A research institute in the San Francisco Bay Area produced it. Its a great report on the tactical use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam that concludes that going nuclear would be about the worst idea the US military could come up with. I don't know why this company is seeking to make money off a free report, particularly given that it represents someone ...             Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson with Commentary (Collected Works)1 review Freeman Dyson American Mathematical Society, 2005 Freeman Dyson's Garden Some time ago the great physicist Chen Ning Yang had the brilliant idea of including, in a book of his selected works, his own comments on the papers and on the circumstances of their making. The idea was very successful, and gives birth now to this wonderful volume "Selected Papers of Freeman Dyson". The Dyson collection is a joy to read (he is a fine writer, both sacred and profane) not only by ...             Imagined Worlds (The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures)11 reviews Freeman Dyson Harvard University Press, 1998 As Always, Dyson Challenges Humanity to Think More Broadly Freeman Dyson is one of the most respected physicists and futurists in the United States. In this captivating book, based on a set of lectures he gave at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1995, Dyson explores possible futures in science, technology, evolution, and ethics. He argues that science and technology are offering the human race a myriad of exciting prospects, but that there are ...              search for books adventures, biosphere, character, classics, collected, collection, commentary, constant, directions, disturbing, einstein, exploring, frontier, geometry, imagined, infinite, internet, japanese, jerusalem, jerusalem-harvard, many-colored, mathematics, pleasure, reflections, revolution, scientific, scientist, southeast, tactical, universe books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Music of Life leave a comment home  impressum - about us