My science bookshelf
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When I was very small - probably between the third grade of elementary school, I have known multiplication, but I still don't know about the plane geometry - I gave me a book in the brother I am in Nankai. From the book, I first knew the game of Hannota, to enjoy the lot of rice, Mobius ring, four-dimensional or even more dimensions, close to the speed of the speed, will not put Eggs are boiled ... until today I still remember, a little boy is scientifically sensible. Moreover, those highly scientific or even such tentacles can be. I still remember, when I was sleeping in the small bed, I was imagined with a two-dimensional resident of our feelings, and I hope to know the four-dimensional space residents. If there is a causal relationship, then the little boy from the small familiar reading poem is finally a technician worker. If the cause is the magical book. Unfortunately, like all the love of the little boy, the book is mysteriously disappeared. Later I didn't remember its name and authors. For a long time, I thought that it was the work of German mathematician Hilbert.
You can't admit that this world is full of coincidence. When I opened the "from one to endless", I found that it was the favorite of my child. Open the book page, each page, every line, every sentence is what I am familiar. I even know which annotations are new in this new version. How magical coincidence, more than ten years of time and space seem to have a coincidence. This is a difficult mood, the happiest person in happiness.
From this letter from Yesterday, you can see my ecstasy. Indeed, if a book can affect people's life, then this is the book affects my life (according to my unreliable memory, this "from one to endless" in 1978 first When publishing, the number of prints is more than 600,000 books, that is, gamov's work may affect 600,000 people. The best effect of a book work is just this. In this past decade, popular science and science fiction have been an important part of my bookshelf. Under the excitement of the love, I also exposed the popular science works to the savage people - although there is no sunshine in Beijing today.
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The first thing to introduce is of course George Gamf, Stasting, Science Press, published in November 2002 (ONE TWO Three.. Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science). This book covers a wide range of mathematics, physics until astronomy, creatures. Gamf seems to tell the story in Xinma, but this story is indeed attractive. In the first part "infinity", he quoted an old story of German mathematician Hilbert:
There is such a strange hotel: there is an infinite room in the hotel. One day, all rooms were full, but I came again, what should I do? The boss said it didn't matter, so I sent a notice: all guests were transferred to the next room (the No. 1 room was changed by the second room, and the second guest was changed by three rooms ...), so I saved the first room, Guests have been looked at. One day, it is still a guest, and suddenly the endless guests, what should I do? The boss said it didn't matter, so I sent a notice: all the guests were adjusted to the two-fold number of the original number (No. 1 to change the second room, changed in the No. 4 room ...), so I saved infinite Room rooms, all guests are satisfied.
I don't know how much the 1978 version is priced, and the new price of 2002 is 18RMB. Tropic recommended.
It will not be mentioned that Steven Huo Jin, Wu Zhongchao, "Time Simple History" and "The Universe IN A Nutshell" published by Hunan Science and Technology Press. In recent years, the best-selling degree of these two books is fascinating, even on small book stalls in the West Railway Station. In terms of cosmology and relativism, Hawking's work is undoubtedly the best science work; in terms of translation, as Hawko students, Wu Zhongchao's translation is unquestionable, but unfortunately Teacher, can read "translation taste", unlike the translation of Mr. Yongning, there is no trace of antelope. However, you need to be careful when buying your book: These two books are now too popular. If you are seen by friends, you may be laughing ... The same is the pillar of modern physics, and quantum mechanics seems to be more close than the relativity. John Glybin, Zhang Guangcai, Xu Lou, etc. The biggest significance of quantum mechanics may not be in the manufacture of the original bullet or quantum computer, but the subversion of the scientific determination of Newtonian mechanics and Newton mechanics, and this book will be described by this philosophy and values. I know that Newton said "Standing on the shoulders of the giant", but you know, Newton said that this sentence is actually laughing at Hook's short body. [1]
Or the George Gamf, another Bench's work "Physical World Ome Mr. Tompkings) is also a population. Mr. Wu Boze, the translator of this book is the first "from a to endless" school, and his translation is equally beautiful. About this book, I don't want to introduce more, I can see the preface and preface to this book at http://www.oursci.org/lib/tompkins/preface.htm. It is worth mentioning that Mr. Pukins in his book, please remember this name, I will mention the balddrium that is 40,000 and spending this year later. This book is published by Hunan Education Press. It seems that Hunan Publishing House has a very enthusiastic about science books?
A friend has tried the "Days" and Social Darwinism of Yan Duo-translation, but Darwinism has undoubtedly infiltrated into the mainstream values of modern society. In my impression, Darvinists have a great enthusiasm, always trying to use evolution theory to explain everything. Biology Professor Richard Daokins, "The Selfish Gene" and his students like to study the doctors in the downstream experience, with Wittgenstein, have thousands of female people Susan Blackmore's "The Meme Machine" of Darwin has played the ultimate tradition of Darwinism. For a variety of social phenomena, even contradictory phenomena, they can use evolution to explain. However, it is undoubtedly very interesting to provide a new angle to observe, thinking about it. Both books were published by Jilin People's Publishing House.
As mentioned earlier, quantum mechanics subverted the sacred position brought by Newtoni to the science. Remember in "Pure Rational Criticism", Kant is advocated to Newton Mechanics and Euclidative Geometry, and even gives them the status of "priori truth". However, Non-European, relativism, especially the development of quantum mechanics, and suddenly 科学 神 神. People who have died on scientific decisions, the people of the top ceremony, I feel unprecedentedly unprecedented - science. If there is a special status, what is it? For scientific enthusiasts, I should recommend three books in my philosophical books: Dan Pree, Li Zun, the "Science History and Philosophy and Religion" published by Guangxi Normal University Press (A History of Science and ITS Relations with philosophy and ralion) [2]; Karl Pop, Cheilui, Qiu Renzong translated, scientific discovery "(The Logic Of Science"; And Thomas Kun, Li Baoyheng, Ji Shunduan, "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" published by Peking University Press. These three books have been slightly hard, but they do contribute to the establishment of scientific philosophical concepts. Finally, as a programmer, please allow me to introduce the first book in the field of software engineering (only one of the current only) Science: Tom Dima can be, Xiong Festival, Ma Yizhen, Tsinghua University The "The Deadline" published by the publisher. Remember Mr. Mr. Tukkins in front? This time, he came to the world's world and became a software project manager. This is an interesting story, but it is not as good as Gamf in scientific authority - for a far-laceted discipline like software engineering, you naturally have no higher requirements. As one of the translator, I should say it fairly. The translation level of this book is still a strong, and the translation of the predecessors such as the stunning, Wu Boze is not synonymous, but compared to "selfish genes", "米 machine" It is a lot of money. As the first undergraduate work in this field, "deadline" of course cannot be like Mr. Tang Pushes "Physiological World Qi Dao" is then classic; but as this "first", its quality is at least the reader Disappointed.
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One morning, the work of the tangle bookshelf was completed. Now, I can't wait to revisit this "from one to endless". I also wish you a happy reading.
Saturday, February 22, 2003
Beijing
[1] For this book, Mr. Qing has a better book review, see http://www.libnet.sh.cn/shmy/shuping/2001/01000433sys.htm.
[2] This book has also been published by the business printed library. In my opinion, the business version is more comfortable.
