How to Speak Science

Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant

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Pub Date Sep 04 2018 | Archive Date Sep 18 2018

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What is static electricity? How do magnets work? Is light made of waves or particles? What, really, is the theory of relativity all about? And who were all those great scientists—from Ptolemy, Archimedes, and Copernicus to Descartes, Hume, and Newton, and many, many more? Why do we still hear their names today?

In How to Speak Science, scientist and YouTube personality Bruce Benamran reminds us that, in this age of smartphones, artificial intelligence, supercolliders, supercomputers, and other cutting-edge technology, we’ve lost touch with many of the most basic science concepts that launched our information age. And in simple, math-free explanations and just-the-good-parts historical recaps, he shows us that the landmark science and history’s greatest scientists and discoveries don’t have to remain beyond our grasp.
 

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ISBN 9781615194032
PRICE $15.95 (USD)
PAGES 320

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Hmmmm… Lots of information here. As a post graduate student I could have used this as background material.'
Additionally,this is super for lesson supplements. My students (at all levels) would have benefitted from this wealth of information. As a sit down and read? Fine, in smaller doses. All in all, good book for teaching for both science and non-science educators !


Many Thanks to the publisher,The Experiment, and Netgalley for an interesting and informative source book.

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Terrific look at science, with lots of humor

I loved this book. Bruce Benamran uses his great sense of humor (including sarcasm and puns) to explain physics and some biology. Even many of the footnotes are funny. On the way, he also covers the history of science quite well. Benamran uses a very conversational tone and explains everything clearly, until relativity where his explanations became more complex. I must congratulate Stephanie Delozier Strobel for a great translation. I strongly recommend this book.

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The best way to describe this book is to declare it as fun. The author makes the subject enjoyable and easy to read and digest. This would be an excellent book to engage students into the study of science.

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