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Frank wilczek in galileos finger, peter atkins, a distinguished chemist and skilled writer, plays a game that i suspect all reflective scientists have indulged in. The ten great ideas of science peter atkins article in journal of chemical education 8110 october 2004 with 606 reads how we measure reads. The ten great ideas of science by peter atkins20040916 by peter atkins 1 january 2004. Between, atomic theory and thermodynamics, particles and symmetry, relativity and cosmology are discussed. This is the middle finger of galileos right hand that was detached from his skeleton as his remains were moved for reburial at santa croce, in. Peter william atkins quotes 21 science quotes dictionary. Atkins metaphorically uses the finger youfll have to guess which finger. By a great idea, writes peter atkins, i mean a simple concept of great reach, an acorn of an idea that ramifies into a great oak tree of application, a spider of an idea that can spin a great web and draw in a feast of. Atkins is also the author of a number of popular science books, including atkins molecules, galileos finger. In this brilliant account of the central ideas of contemporary science, peter atkins celebrates the effectiveness of galileos symbolic finger for revealing the. Galileos finger by peter atkins oxford university press.
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