Dear Professor Dyson : twenty years of correspondence between Freeman Dyson and undergraduate students on science, technology, society and life
Freeman J. Dyson (Author), Dwight E. Neuenschwander (Editor)
"Freeman Dyson has designed nuclear reactors and bomb-powered spacecraft; he has studied the origins of life and the possibilities for the long-term future; he showed quantum mechanics to be consistent with electrodynamics and started cosmological eschatology; he has won international recognition for his work in science and for his work in reconciling science to religion; he has advised generals and congressional committees. An STS (Science, Technology, Society) curriculum or discussion group that engages topics such as nuclear policies, genetic technologies, environmental sustainability, the role of religion in a scientific society, and a hard look towards the future, would count itself privileged to include Professor Dyson as a class participant and mentor. In this book, STS topics are not discussed as objectified abstractions, but through personal stories. The reader is invited to observe Dyson's influence on a generation of young people as they wrestle with issues of science, technology, society, life in general and our place in the universe. The book is filled with personal anecdotes, student questions and responses, honest doubts and passions"-- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, [2016]
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore, [2016]
Personal correspondence
1 online resource
9789814759090, 9789814675864, 9814759090, 9814675865
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Walking with grandfather. Letters of introduction
Living in the questions. Real questions having few answers
A hexagonal mountain. Three reasons to hate science, three reasons to love it
Martha and Mary. Grandfatherly advice to young people choosing their life's work
Engines with souls. Discussions about our machines
Steered from afar. Conversations about identity and conformity
The swamp angel. Letters on ends and means
Rapid rupture. Letters about nuclear weapons
Arsenals of folly. Correspondence on the militarization of the economy
To touch the face of the stars. Lletters on our place in the universe
Silence. On seeking serenity and peace of mind
The chainsaw and the white oak. Letters about the environment
"Why should I care?". Discussions about values and ethics
Playing God. Letters on genetic engineering
Bonds of kinship. Thoughts on relationships
Two windows. Letters on science and religion
Doubt and faith. More letters on science, religion, and honesty
Dreams of earth and sky. Thoughts on meaning
Family first. Letters on priorities
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