The Unity of Science, Irwin Shapiro
The Unity of Science, Irwin Shapiro
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The Unity of Science
Exploring Our Universe, from the Big Bang to the Twenty-First Century

Author: Irwin Shapiro

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 12 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A journey guided by science that explores the universe, the earth, and the story of life

For Irwin Shapiro, science starts with questions. This book provides a broad and entertaining survey of major scientific discoveries that have changed our views of nature and, in turn, spawned further questions.

Shapiro, an award-winning scientist and beloved teacher, separates his inquiry into three parts: looking up at the universe; looking down at the earth and its fossils; and looking in at the story of life. His framework encourages listeners to view science as a detective story—to observe and question nature and natural phenomena, and to base all conclusions on scientific evidence.

With his knowledgeable yet conversational approach, Shapiro offers an enjoyable way for the curious to learn about the foundations of a range of scientific topics: the motions of bodies in the cosmos, the history and structure of the earth, the evolution of organisms, and the search for extraterrestrial life and intelligence.

About Irwin Shapiro

Irwin Shapiro is Timken University Professor at Harvard University, where he directed the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics from 1983 through mid-2004. Shapiro has received numerous awards, including the 2013 Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society. He grew up in Far Rockaway, New York, and lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marc

The title and subject matter were what initially led me to pick this up. The Author, a highly distinguished Harvard professor, claims in the introduction that the book was written after he taught a one semester course at Harvard on the same subject matter and was asked by his students to produce a b......more

Goodreads review by Roland

No doubt the book gives an excellent overview of science but it is not an introduction to science through history but rather a textbook without too much of the maths (and as the author mentions in the introduction based on an introductory course on science he gave to his students). I couldn’t get in......more