("Arthur S Eddington" OR "A S Eddington" OR "arthur eddington")

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Science in Public: Communication, Culture, and Credibility

Book by Jane Gregory, Steve Miller; Perseus Books, 1998

Subjects:

Science--Public Opinion, Science--Social Aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Does the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists' responsibility to communicate? Critics have argued that, despite the huge strides made in technology, we live in a "scientifically illiterate" society -- one that thinks about the world and makes important decisions ...
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Does the general public need to understand science? And if so, is it scientists' responsibility to communicate? Critics have argued that, despite the huge strides made in technology, we live in a "scientifically illiterate" society -- one that thinks about the world and makes important decisions without taking scientific knowledge into account. But is the solution to this "illiteracy" to deluge the layman with scientific information? Or does science news need to be focused around specific issues and organized into stories that are meaningful and relevant to people's lives? In this unprecedented, comprehensive look at a new field, Jane Gregory and Steve Miller point the way to a more effective public understanding of science in the years ahead.
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The History of Science in the United States: An Encyclopedia

Book by Marc Rothenberg; Garland, 2001

Subjects:

Science--United States--History--Encyclopedias

Collections: History, Entire Library

"Science is an essential element of American civilization. The historical study of American science -- the study of the individuals, the institutions, the ideas, and the experiments that together constitute the rich fabric of science in the United States -- is a lively and exciting field of ...
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"Science is an essential element of American civilization. The historical study of American science -- the study of the individuals, the institutions, the ideas, and the experiments that together constitute the rich fabric of science in the United States -- is a lively and exciting field of scholarship. However, the knowledge and interpretations generated by this scholarship have not been easily accessible to the high school or college student or to the interested general reader. This volume has been written to furnish that access".
-- Marc Rothenberg
(from the Introduction)
The History of Science in the United States: An Encyclopedia brings together more than 200 scholars, ranging from the leading experts in their fields to young scholars presenting the fruits of their research. It offers a vast body of information hitherto scattered in numerous journals and specialized monographs. The book's coverage includes the roles of institutions and disciplines, the history of medicine and technology, the relationship between science and technology, and the major figures in the history of science in the United States.
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The Crisis of Democratic Theory: Scientific Naturalism & the Problem of Value

Book by Edward A. Purcell Jr.; University Press of Kentucky, 1973

Subjects:

Democracy, Naturalism, Social Sciences--United States--History

Collections: Entire Library

...tested under eclipse conditions, and as early as 1917 scientists began to anticipate the eclipse of 1919. As professor Arthur S. Eddington of the Royal Observatory declared in February, 1918, the coming eclipse "can be made a means of confirming or disproving...
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God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe

Book by Amir D. Aczel; Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999

Subjects:

Cosmology, Einstein, Albert--1879-1955, Relativity (Physics)

Collections: Entire Library

In the author's view, Einstein served as God's mouthpiece, revealing fundamental truths about the universe. This book is the first to discuss letters from Einstein that put a spin on his relationship with other scientists and early efforts to prove his theories. 15 illustrations.
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Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist

Book by Paul Arthur Schilpp; Open Court, 1970

Subjects:

Einstein, Albert--1879-1955

Collections: History, Entire Library

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Relativity

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...path of a ray of light is deflected by a gravitational field; observations of starlight passing near the sun, first made by A. S. Eddington during an eclipse of the sun in 1919, confirmed this. He predicted that in a gravitational field spectral lines of substances...
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Gravitation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...are not large, for ordinary calculations a value of 9.8 m/sec 2 , or 32 ft/sec 2 , is commonly used. Bibliography See A. S. Eddington, Space, Time and Gravitation (1920); J. A. Wheeler, A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime (1990); M. Bartusiak, Einsteins...
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Universe

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...based on the passage of light through space from objects as far away as 5 billion light-years or more. Bibliography See A. S. Eddington, The Expanding Universe (1933); J. H. Jeans, The Universe Around Us (4th ed. 1953); G. Gamow, The Creation of the Universe...

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