"Philosopher's Stone Series Collector's Edition" (20 volumes) is a set of medium and high-level popular science books, including "The End of Certainty", "Einstein's Miracle Year", "What is Scientific Truth" and other 20 kinds of books, covering mathematics, physics, astronomy, life sciences, philosophy of science, biographies of scientists and other sections, reflecting the overall style of the "Philosopher's Stone Series", and meeting readers in a new form.
Philosopher's Stone Series Collector's Edition
Philosopher's Stone Writing Group
Shanghai Science and Technology Education Press
"Philosopher's Stone Series" is a brand in the field of domestic science and culture books. "Philosopher's Stone", also known as "Point Golden Stone", is a magic stone imagined by people in the Middle Ages to have the effect of turning iron into gold and eliminating diseases and prolonging life, and modern creative psychology uses its metaphor as the source of scientific creation that never runs out. At the end of the 1990s, on the basis of fully investigating the situation of popular science publishing at home and abroad, Shanghai Science and Technology Education Publishing House planned this popular science book project that integrates science and humanities in view of the readers' desire for popular science works with a strong sense of the times and deep appeal, in order to fill the gap of domestic science and humanities books.
This series of books is positioned as a medium and high-level popular science, an open series, all of which are translations of foreign popular science books that are both classic and contemporary, and are named "Philosopher Stone". This series of books reflects the role of science and technology in promoting human society, metaphorically promotes the effect of popular science books on science and culture, and gives the series more humanistic connotations. Its publishing purpose is: based on the forefront of contemporary science, highlight the contemporary scientific and technological masters, introduce contemporary scientific trends, and stimulate the spirit of scientific and technological innovation.
The "Philosopher's Stone Series Collector's Edition" includes 20 kinds of books, namely: "The End of Certainty", "The Logic of Failure", "The Great Flu", "The Equation that Changed the World", "The Love of Prime Numbers", "The Beautiful Mind", "The Pioneer of Genius", "The Master of Mathematics", "The Living Dust", "The Exploration of the Subatomic World", "The Exploration of the Double Helix", "The Hidden Order", "Antimatter", "The Millennium Problem", "Learning from genius", "Fascinating Scientific Style", "What is Scientific Truth", "Einstein's Miracle Year", "Life Stage", "Cosmic Secret".
Among them, "Learning from Genius: The Rise of a Scientific Dynasty" focuses on the chain of teacher-inheritance relationships in modern science and its influence. Author Robert Canigal presents a world constructed by a prominent community of scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Johns Hopkins University who have won lasker prizes and Nobel Prizes for their breakthrough contributions in the biomedical sciences for more than half a century. This book not only allows us to see the controversy of ideas, the success or failure of experiments, the test of career and relationship, and the gain and loss of academic honor, but also allows us to look closely at the profound humanity of all those scientific practices, and appreciate the experiences and careers of those unforgettable explorers.
Fascinating Science – A Biography of Feynman is not only a biography of Feynman, it is also a history of modern physics. It embodies profound physical ideas in a simple and popular narrative, allowing readers to experience the indescribable beauty of modern science. Richard? Feynman is one of the most beloved scientists of our time. He is not only known for his great contributions to science, but also for his decisive role in the investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident. He was also a man who pried open an atomic energy engineering safe, a "science boy" who would beat the Brazilian bongo drum.
What is Scientific Truth: Is the Moon There When No One Looks at It" is written by the famous physicist Roger Newton. The debate over the existence of verifiable objective truths sends out a rational voice that guides us through the intellectual structure of the physical sciences and leads us through the cutting-edge scientific theories—the reality generated by modern physics.
The Einstein Miracle Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of Physics is edited and introduced by Stahel, director of the Albert Einstein Research Center at Boston University. Einstein was one of the greatest physicists in human history. In 1905, at the age of 26, Einstein published five epoch-making physics papers in one year, creating a miracle in the history of science. This book compiles the above five papers, including Einstein's doctoral thesis, Brownian motion, two papers on special relativity, and papers on the quantum hypothesis, and provides background notes on each paper, plus editor's note, and the beginning of the volume is titled the famous contemporary mathematician and theoretical physicist Roger? Foreword by Penrose.
"Stage of Life – Asimov's Autobiography" is the last autobiography of isaac Asimov, a world-renowned science master and science fiction master, which is no longer stuck in chronological order, but follows the author's thoughts, one topic after another, telling the story. The whole writing is frank and frank, the language is plain, and the words are full of wisdom and philosophy, so that people can not only understand the brilliant life of Asimov, but also more deeply understand the true meaning of life.
Cosmic Secrets : Asimov on Science is a unique and interesting collection of scientific essays. The author Isaac Asimov is a world science master and science fiction master with the reputation of "generalist". In this book, you can see Asimov's review and comments on slavery and the status of women, the ridicule and criticism of the cult of INTELLIGENCE and irrationality, the analysis and criticism of superstition and anti-scientific thought, as well as his exploration of life and death, his thinking on the way of thinking... They can be described as new ideas, incisive arguments, and profound philosophical implications; coupled with humorous, intimate, often amusing with their own experiences or experiences, and the finishing note, it also highlights the book's rich interest and the broad humanistic vision behind it.
Since its publication, the "Philosopher's Stone Series" has received good social repercussions, has been widely praised by readers, and has become a well-known brand in the field of domestic science and culture books, known as "a unique popular science book brand", "highlighting the pursuit of social value by the publishing house", and "providing a solid platform for the public to understand science". Among the books that have been published, many of them have won many awards such as the National Excellent Science Popularization Works Award, the Introduction Edition of Excellent Books in Science and Technology, the Gold Award for Excellent Popular Science Works of the China Association of Popular Science Writers, the Recommended Books of the Wenjin Book Award, the Wu Dayu Science Popularization Book Award, and the Shanghai Excellent Popular Science Book Award.
The new edition of the "Philosopher's Stone Series Collector's Edition" selects some of the excellent varieties published in the early days, revises the content, and carefully polishes the layout, and each invites a well-known scholar to conduct an audio guide for the reader, further enhancing the academic value of the series.
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