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Science museums are in the business of making science accessible to the public--a public constantly bombarded with new information and research results. How the public understands this information will affect what they expect and take away from a museum's exhibits and programs. Creating Connections looks at the public understanding of research (PUR) and how it affects what science museums do. What are the opportunities and critical issues in PUR? What strategies are working and what are some pitfalls? What can be learned from the media's experiences with PUR? Creating Connections will be an invaluable resource for science museum professionals who want to guide their institutions and their visitors toward a new understanding of and appreciation for current research.

About the Book : - The first full biography of Paul Dirac, the greatest British physicist since Newton - and one of the strangest geniuses of the twentieth century, who may have suffered from autism. Paul Dirac was a pioneer of quantum mechanics and was regarded as an equal by Albert Einstein. He predicted, purely from what he saw in his equations, the existence of antimatter. The youngest person ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, he was also pathologically reticent, strangely literal-minded and almost completely unable to communicate or empathise. His silences were legendary and when he spoke, he betrayed no emotion. Through his greatest period of productivity, his postcards home contained only remarks about the weather. He is said to have cried only once, when his friend Einstein died. Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers in Florida, Graham Farmelo celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a compassionate portrait of his life and the people around him. Dirac had a traumatic relationship with his family: his brother committed suicide, and he hated his father to the end of his life. His political allegiances were radical. His best friend was the Russian physicist Peter Kapitza, and even at the height of the purges Dirac holidayed in the Soviet Union. Yet Farmelo also reveals a man who, while seemingly lacking in emotion, could manage to love and father a family. He catches Dirac's absolute belief in the beauty of mathematics with warmth and sympathy. And Farmelo shows that Dirac's eccentricities may well have stemmed from undiagnosed autism. About the Author : - Graham Farmelo is Senior Research Fellow at the Science Museum, London, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Formerly a theoretical physicist, he is now an international consultant in science communication. He edited the best-selling It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science in 2002. He lives in London.

A groundbreaking exploration of how the interplay of physics and mathematics has enriched our understanding of the universe - essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp how physicists are attempting, in Stephen Hawking's words, to 'know the mind of God'.

The narrative highlights Stephen Hawking's extraordinary journey as a theoretical physicist who, despite a dire diagnosis at age 21 predicting only two years to live, made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of the universe. His resilience and intellect allowed him to overcome immense challenges and unravel some of the cosmos' greatest mysteries, showcasing the triumph of human spirit and intellect against formidable odds.

Paul Dirac, nazywany niekiedy brytyjskim Einsteinem, był największym angielskim teoretykiem od czasów Newtona i jednym z najdziwniejszych geniuszy w całej historii nauki. Kiedy Dirac otrzymał Nagrodę Nobla w 1933 roku, po części za zadziwiające odkrycie antymaterii, był najmłodszym teoretykiem w historii, który uzyskał to wyróżnienie. Jego życie prywatne było jednak bardzo skomplikowane. Będąc niewrażliwym, traktującym wszystko dosłownie mrukiem być może dotkniętym autyzmem Dirac był również kochającym ojcem rodziny i absolutnie lojalnym przyjacielem. Publicznie zdawał się interesować wyłącznie nauką, lecz prywatnie miał szerokie spektrum zainteresowań od Beethovena i Rembrandta do Myszki Miki i Cher. Graham Farmelo wskrzesza dramatyczną historię życia Diraca oraz jego przełomowy wkład do nauki, między innymi współodkrycie mechaniki kwantowej, najbardziej rewolucyjnej teorii naukowej w ostatnim stuleciu. Książka, którą trzeba przeczytać i od której trudno się oderwać () odkrywcza, poruszająca i szczegółowa. New Scientist Wspaniała książka (). Poruszająca, miejscami komiczna, miejscami bardzo smutna i sięgająca do korzeni tego, co rozumiemy przez prawdę w nauce. Daily Telegraph Fascynująca lektura () wielkie osiągnięcie literatury biograficznej. The Times Wspaniała biografia () znakomicie napisana. Observer