Foundations (31)
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, The History and Processes of Science
This is the DVD of the one and only BBC2 series (if you blinked, you missed it).
Interesting as backgound material to the story of the eighteenth-century blossoming of "natural philosophy" into modern science.
The story of the research and development work that led to the building of lasers.
A layman's guide to scientific discovery, from the Big Bang to modern man.
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry
Written by Chris Godsalve
A geometrical anthology
A crusade against ignorance and irrationality masquerading as science
Geodesics are often explained as “straight lines in a curved space” or sometimes “straightest possible lines in a curved space”, but what exactly is that supposed to mean?
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
Written by Chris Godsalve
An informative compendium of numbers
100 amazing experiments from the history of science
35 landmarks in the development of our current scientific knowledge.
There was a theory of (and principles of) relativity before Einstein. This idea of relativity comes from Galileo: one of those Giant shoulders that Newton stood on....
Last week's widely-publicised videos purporting to show a UFO over Jerusalem have demonstrated, yet again, that when it comes to trying to explain the unexplained, the voice of rationalism is all but drowned out.
Six physics lectures from a series given by Richard Feynman in 1962 at Caltech.
An engaging, witty and beautifully designed and illustrated volume, destined to be a classic in the genre of popularisations of mathematics and the philosophy it engenders.
The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil's Element
Written by Tom Deteau
Popular scientific account of the element.
The Science of When Things Happened
The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-Deception, and Human Frailty
Written by Tom Deteau
The story of scientific blind alleys.
Risk: most people have no grasp of very large or very small numbers, let alone ratios. How can we decide what risky activities to prohibit, what to regulate, and what to permit? Are business investors, racegoers and lottery punters playing the same game? This article offers a simple, intuitive index for the discussion and communication of uncertainty.
Short pieces by, and interviews with, Richard Feynman.
Fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery.
A history of scientific discovery from pre-history to Newton.
An Introduction to the Fractional Calculus and Fractional Differential Equations
Written by Trifce Sandev
The mathematical tools needed to solve fractional-order differential and integral equations.
An excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality.
A series of essays of scientific analysis about the claims of the Intelligent Design movement.
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
Written by Anne Rogers
A collection of essays about the achievements and developments of science and scientists since the foundation of the Royal Society.
A history of the study of neutrinos, the ghostly sub-atomic particles which may unlock some of the Universe's most closely-guarded secrets.
The story of the Royal Society and a scientific revolution
The early years of the Santa Fe Institute and its groundbreaking studies of life, emergent phenomena, artificial life and economics.
The scientific facts behind the Biblical story
A summary of theories about the Higgs Boson - the elusive particle believed to give matter its mass.