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050	0	4	_aQ171 _b.T457 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aWeinberg, Steven, _d1933- _e1
245	1	0	_aThird thoughts /Steven Weinberg.
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 223 pages)
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520	0		_aThis is the third in a series of volumes of essays by Steven Weinberg, the previous two having also been published by HUP (Facing Up in 2001, and Lake Views in 2010). Weinberg, recipient of the Nobel Prize (1979) with Abdus Shalam and Sheldon Glashow for their contributions to the electroweak unification theory, is well known not only for his groundbreaking work in physics, but also for his efforts in popularizing science and the history of science, and for his stances on various matters in politics, public policy, and religion. This volume, like the previous two, runs a wide gamut, from the cosmological to the personal. Specific topics include particle physics, quantum mechanics, astronomy, big science, the history of science, space flight, science funding, the limits of current knowledge, and several other subjects ranging from the art of discovery to being wrong. Nearly all of the work included here, again as with the previous two volumes, has been previously published. The author has added introductions to the volume as a whole and to each essay, putting the material in context and adding further explanation where necessary. He has also added a number of explanatory notes.-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aI. Science history: The uses of astronomy -- _tThe art of discovery -- _tFrom Rutherford to the LHC -- _tEducators and academics, underground in Texas -- _tThe rise of the standard models -- _tLong times and short times -- _tKeeping an eye on the present: Whig history of science -- _tThe Whig history of science: an exchange -- _tII. Physics and cosmology: What is an elementary particle? -- _tThe universe we still don't know -- _tVarieties of symmetry -- _tThe Higgs, and beyond -- _tWhy the Higgs? -- _tThe trouble with quantum mechanics -- _tIII. Public matters: Obama gets space funding right -- _tThe crisis of big science -- _tLiberal disappointment -- _tKeep loopholes open -- _tAgainst manned space flight -- _tSkeptics and scientists -- _tIV. Personal matters: Change course -- _tWriting about science -- _tOn being wrong -- _tThe craft of science, and the craft of art -- _tNew York to Austin, and return.
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650		0	_aScience.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1849498&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell