25 Big Ideas The Science Thats Changing Our World Matthews by Matthews, Robert, 1959- instant download after payment.

x, 186 pages : 23 cm, \"From the Big Bang to the Theory of Everything via the Selfish Gene and GM crops, Robert Matthews unveils twenty-five of the most revolutionary ideas in 21st century science. He describes the astonishing insights they give into the workings of nature - and the human story behind their discovery. The result is an essential guide to the cutting edge of science and what it reveals about the universe and our place within it.\"--Jacket, Includes index, Includes bibliographical references and index, 1. Ourselves -- and others -- Consciousness -- Small world theory -- Game theory -- 2. Doing the impossible -- Artificial intelligence -- Information theory -- GM technology -- 3. Life -- Out of Africa -- Nature versus nurture -- The Selfish gene -- 4. The Earth -- Catastrophism -- Plate tectonics -- 5. Mathematics that counts -- Bayes's theorem; Chaos -- Cellular automata -- Extreme value theory -- 6. In sickness and in health -- Evidence-based medicine -- Epidemiology -- 7. The physics of reality -- Special relativity -- Entanglement -- The Standard Model -- The Theory of Everything -- 8. The universe -- and our place in it -- The Big Bang -- Dark energy -- Parallel universes; The anthropic principle -- Where next?