This manual pertains to the collection of essays titled "Why Quark Rhymes with Pork" by N. David Mermin, published by Cambridge University Press. This volume compiles thirty essays originally featured in Physics Today's Reference Frame series between 1988 and 2009, along with thirteen additional pieces, many of which are new. The essays offer a humorous and insightful exploration of physics and the scientific community, covering topics such as scientific literature, the value of awards, funding challenges, and the pronunciation of scientific terms. Mermin's engaging writing style is designed to entertain physicists and anyone interested in science and scientists.
The purpose of this manual is to provide access to Mermin's extensive collection of essays. It serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the author's perspectives on various aspects of the scientific world, presented through witty observations and personal anecdotes. The manual is structured to be accessible to a broad audience, from seasoned physicists to those with a general interest in science. It aims to illuminate the human side of scientific endeavor and the broader context in which scientific work is conducted.
A collection of offbeat, entertaining and primarily nontechnical essays on physics and those who practice it, from eminent theoretical physicist N. David Mermin. Bringing together for the first time all thirty of his columns published in Physics Today's Reference Frame series from 1988 to 2009, with updating commentary, this humorous and unusual volume includes thirteen other essays, many of them previously unpublished. Mermin's lively and penetrating writing illuminates a broad range of topics, from the implications of bad spelling in a major science journal, to the crises of science libraries and scientific periodicals, the folly of scientific prizes and honors, the agony of getting funding, and how to pronounce 'quark'. His witty observations and insightful anecdotes gleaned from a lifetime in science will entertain physicists at all levels, as well as anyone else interested in science or scientists at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Author: Mermin, N. David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Why Quark Rhymes with Pork
Pages: 00370 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2016-01-13
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781107024304
Category: Science : Physics - General
A collection of offbeat, entertaining and primarily nontechnical essays on physics and those who practice it, from eminent theoretical physicist N. David Mermin. Bringing together for the first time all thirty of his columns published in Physics Today's Reference Frame series from 1988 to 2009, with updating commentary, this humorous and unusual volume includes thirteen other essays, many of them previously unpublished. Mermin's lively and penetrating writing illuminates a broad range of topics, from the implications of bad spelling in a major science journal, to the crises of science libraries and scientific periodicals, the folly of scientific prizes and honors, the agony of getting funding, and how to pronounce 'quark'. His witty observations and insightful anecdotes gleaned from a lifetime in science will entertain physicists at all levels, as well as anyone else interested in science or scientists at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Author: Mermin, N. David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Why Quark Rhymes with Pork
Pages: 00370 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2016-01-13
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781107024304
Category: Science : Physics - General
