The Subatomic Monster
Isaac Asimov, who has been called 'The Balzac of Science', presents this new volume of seventeen lucid, humorous and awesomely well expounded articles on a variety of topics in physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology and technology. Here are :
'The Victorious General', a well reasoned interpretation of Einstein's general theory of relativity;
'Love Makes the World Go Round', an artful and intriguing speculation on the hidden forces that bind the universe together;
'More Thinking about Thinking', a contemplation on the wonders of human and artificial intelligence;
and 'Coming Full circle', a thoughtful meditation on the human heart, inspired by his own recent triple bypass surgery.
Each chapter begins with a humorous, often personal anecdote, related to the subject at hand.
These essays are full of information, artful and charming-guaranteed to enlighten and entertain. All the essays originally appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction during 1983 and 1984
- Author
- Isaac Asimov
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 213
- Publisher
- Signet
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780451625304
- Genres
- science, physics
- Release date
- 1986
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