Il vero e più profondo impulso a occuparmi di questa silloge di saggi è venuto dall’imperativo categorico di assolvere un debito di gratitudine e dall’implicita ammirazione per uno dei maggiori musicologi che la storia di tale disciplina annoveri. Studioso ebraico, nato a Monaco nel 1880, scampato alla furia nazista mediante la fuga prima anche in Italia, terra da lui fra tutte agognata, poi, a causa delle leggi razziali fasciste, negli USA, ove peraltro fu accolto onorevolmente e ricoprì ...

Paru alors en 1933, cet ouvrage rend compte de la correspondance entre les deux grands hommes à la demande de l’Institut de Coopération Intellectuelle pour le dialogue au service de la paix.À ce moment précis de l’histoire, Hitler vient aussi de prendre le pouvoir. Le titre de la publication fut choisi par S. Freud.Format professionnel électronique © Ink Book édition.

365 days of inventions, discoveries, science, and technology, from the editors of Wired Magazine.On January 30, Rubik applied for a patent on his cube (1975). On the next day, 17 years earlier, the first U.S. Satellite passed through the Van Allen radiation belt. On March 17, the airplane "black box" made its maiden voyage (1953). And what about today? Every day of the year has a rich scientific and technological heritage just waiting to be uncovered, and

Als hij niet in 1931, op 34-jarige leeftijd, zelfmoord zou hebben gepleegd, was Alfred Coppel Elsbach waarschijnlijk een groot filosoof geworden. Zijn filosofische inzichten in de betekenis van de relativiteitstheorie zijn inmiddels vrijwel vergeten, maar kregen in hun tijd internationale aandacht en werden bediscussieerd door niemand minder dan Einstein zelf. In Verloren in de tijd van Einstein neemt historicus David Wertheim op eigen wijze de lezer mee in een speurtocht naar de tragiek v...

"A very fun way to learn about where quantum physics comes from and the strange, even astonishing places it has gone." —Peter Galison, Harvard University, author of Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s MapsFrom multiverses and quantum leaps to Schrödinger’s cat and time travel, quantum mechanics has irreversibly shaped the popular imagination. Entertainers and writers from Lady Gaga to David Foster Wallace take advantage of its associations and nuances. In Th...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’UniversalisSi les principes et les conséquences de la théorie de la relativité restreinte ont été souvent, et parfois de façon excellente, vulgarisés, la complexité mathématique de la théorie d'Einstein de la gravitation – appelée relativité générale – est telle qu'elle n'est appréciée que d'un petit nombre de scientifiques. Pourtant, comme l'affirme Jean Eisenstaedt, la relativité n'est certainement pas la chose...

Beyond the Stars 6 delivers twenty-two unforgettable adventures from the golden age of science fiction, bringing together an extraordinary collection of timeless stories that continue to captivate readers decades after they were first published. From distant galaxies and mysterious planets to unexpected encounters and astonishing discoveries, every story celebrates the limitless possibilities of the universe.This remarkable volume features stories by Arthur C. Clar...

The fascinating story of how quantum mechanics went mainstreamThe discovery of the quantum—the idea, born in the early 1900s in a remote corner of physics, that energy comes in finite packets instead of infinitely divisible quantities—planted a rich set of metaphors in the popular imagination.Quantum imagery and language now bombard us like an endless stream of photons. Phrases such as multiverse, quantum leap, alternate universe, the uncertainty principle, and Schrödinger'...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 5 from the 1800s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 24 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most acclaimed, successful and influential authors of the time including, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Voltaire, Alfred Bester, Clifford D. Simak, Richard Matheson, Murray Leinster, H. G. Wells, Fredric Brown, Donald A. Woll...

1950s Science Fiction 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from the 1950sNever Trust a Thief! by Robert SilverbergMoon of Memory by Bryce WaltonMetamorphosis by Mike CurryInheritance by Edward W. LudwigShort Snorter by Charles EinsteinHomecoming by Miguel HidalgoProof of the Pudding by Robert SheckleyNot a Creature Was Stirring by Dean EvansSkin Game by Charles E. FritchThe Enorm...

Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining & often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this trivia book from a bestselling author.English is filled with interesting phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:• Read between the Lines• Cat Got Your Tongue?• Put a Sock in It• Close, but No Cigar• Bring Home the Bacon• Caught Red-Handed• Under the Wea...

Told with consummate skill by the writer of the bestselling, award-winning A Civil Action, The Lost Painting is a remarkable synthesis of history and detective story.An Italian village on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, a decaying palazzo facing the sea, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, lit by a single bulb, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome, Francesca Cappelletti, makes a discovery that inspires ...