Galileo's Finger —— The Ten Great Ideas of Science

----- 伽利略的指针

ISBN: 9780198609414 出版年：2004 页码： Atkins, Peter Oxford University Press

Galileo's Finger is quite simply the best introduction to modern scientific concepts that has ever been written. Taking its cue from C.P. Snow's remark that 'not knowing the second law of thermodynamics is like never having read a work by Shakespeare', by reading this book you will become literate in modern science. The ten great ideas it introduces with brilliant imagery range from natural selection through quantum theory to curved spacetime. Never before have these core ideas of modern civilization been presented in so accessible and engaging a manner.