Mind Over Matter
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Mind Over Matter

Conversations with the Cosmos

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mind Over Matter

Conversations with the Cosmos

About this book

"Ruminations on every scientific subject over the sun—and plenty beyond it"—from the bestselling author of The Universe and the Teacup ( The Boston Globe).
 
A San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year
 
A recipient of the American Institute of Physics Award for Best Science Writer, K. C. Cole offers a wide-ranging collection of essays about the nature of nature, the universals in the universe, and the messy playfulness of great science.
 
In witty and fresh short takes, she explores some of the world's most intriguing scientific subjects—from particle physics to cosmology to mathematics and astronomy—and introduces a few of science's great minds. Revealing the universe to be elegant, intriguing, and, above all, relevant to our everyday lives, this book is "an absolute delight [that] belongs on the bedside bookshelf of every science enthusiast" ( San Jose Mercury News).
 
"Cole seeks the wondrous in the stuff we mistake for just ordinary." — Publishers Weekly
K. C. Cole, the Los Angeles Times science writer and columnist, always has a fresh take on cutting-edge scientific discoveries, which she makes both understandable and very human. Reporting on physics, cosmology, mathematics, astronomy, and more, Cole's essays, culled from her popular Mind Over Matter columns, reveal the universe as simple, constant, and complex—and wholly relevant to politics, art, and every dimension of human life.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction and Acknowledgments
  6. Part I
  7. The Emperor and Enron
  8. Normalization
  9. Blindsighted
  10. Uncertainty
  11. Murmurs
  12. Eclipse
  13. Humility
  14. Inside Out
  15. Weird Science
  16. Love and Bosons
  17. Seeing
  18. Moving Mountains
  19. Uncommon Sense
  20. Seeing Stars
  21. Calibration
  22. Word Problems
  23. Naming Names
  24. Context
  25. Purpose
  26. Soul Food
  27. Lies
  28. Part II
  29. Surprises
  30. Roots
  31. Stuff
  32. Surfaces
  33. Wind
  34. Clouds
  35. Patterns
  36. Recycling
  37. Simplicity
  38. Complexity
  39. Dangle
  40. Energy
  41. The Real World
  42. Magnetism
  43. Sand Castles
  44. Resistance
  45. Happenstance
  46. Ghosts
  47. Symmetry
  48. Imperfection
  49. Numbers
  50. Symbols
  51. Geometry
  52. Coincidence
  53. Change
  54. Constants
  55. Holes
  56. Time
  57. Part III
  58. Play
  59. Failure
  60. Answers
  61. Questions
  62. Nuisance Value
  63. Boundaries
  64. Toy Models
  65. Mind and Matter
  66. Pomp and Circumstance
  67. Happy Birthday, Walter
  68. An Outrageous Legacy
  69. Beethoven and Quantum Mechanics
  70. Alan and Lucretius
  71. The Sun Painter
  72. Invention and Discovery
  73. Red
  74. Objectivity
  75. Wherever You Go, There You Are
  76. Metaphor
  77. Literal Truth
  78. Far-Out
  79. Connected
  80. Dubious Discoveries
  81. Déjà Vu
  82. Credit
  83. Claims
  84. Fail Safe
  85. Part IV
  86. The Physics of Peace
  87. Default Lines
  88. (In)security
  89. Feedback
  90. Neutrality
  91. Dreamers
  92. Natural Law
  93. Popular Science
  94. The Science of Art
  95. Small Potatos (sic)
  96. The Geometry of Fairness
  97. Faster
  98. Unnatural
  99. Apocalypse Soon
  100. Transparency
  101. Oops
  102. Index
  103. About the Author
  104. Connect with HMH
  105. Footnotes