Intelligenza meccanica

Franco Selleri
Jaca Book

Károly Simonyi
Taylor & Francis

While the physical sciences are a continuously evolving source of technology and of understanding about our world, they have become so specialized and rely on so much prerequisite knowledge that for many people today the divide between the sciences and the humanities seems even greater than it was when C. P. Snow delivered his famous 1959 lecture, "The Two Cultures."

In A Cultural History of Physics, Hungarian scientist and educator Károly Simonyi succeeds in bridging this chasm by describing the experimental methods and theoretical interpretations that created scientific knowledge, from ancient times to the present day, within the cultural environment in which it was formed. Unlike any other work of its kind, Simonyi's seminal opus explores the interplay of science and the humanities to convey the wonder and excitement of scientific development throughout the ages.

These pages contain an abundance of excerpts from original resources, a wide array of clear and straightforward explanations, and an astonishing wealth of insight, revealing the historical progress of science and inviting readers into a dialogue with the great scientific minds that shaped our current understanding of physics.

Beautifully illustrated, accurate in its scientific content and broad in its historical and cultural perspective, this book will be a valuable reference for scholars and an inspiration to aspiring scientists and humanists who believe that science is an integral part of our culture.

Vittorio Somenzi
Piovan Editore

Jearl Walker
Zanichelli Editore

Fang Li Zhi, Chu Yao Quan
Garzanti Libri

Mario Ageno
Gius. Laterza & Figli

John Ziman
Cariplo - Laterza

Enrico Corradi
Celuc

Enrico Bellone
La Nuova Italia Scientifica

Arthur Stanley Eddington
Editori Laterza

Arthur Stanley Eddington
Editori Laterza

Dennis W. Sciama
Zanichelli