同时,这本书还极力使各个年龄段的读者在靠近神秘的事物时,既带着好奇心同时又不失严谨。道金森反宗教的态度受到了许多人愤怒的抨击,但我认为他是从始至今最棒的科学作家之一。
What If?, by Randall Munroe.
《如果的事》,作者:兰达尔·门罗
The subtitle of the book is “Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, and that’s exactly what it is. People write Munroe with questions that range over all fields of science: physics, chemistry, biology. Questions like, “From what height would you need to drop a steak for it to be cooked when it hit the ground? (The answer, it turns out, is “high enough that it would disintegrate before it hit the ground.)
这本书的副标题是“对荒谬的假设性问题作出的十分科学性的解答,的确如此。人们给门罗提出的问题涵盖了科学的各个范围:物理学,化学,生物学。提到的问题比如说,“烹饪牛排的时候需要抛多高才合适?(这里给出的答案是“高到在牛排落回锅里摔成碎肉之前的高度。)
Munroe’s explanations are funny, but the science underpinning his answers is very accurate. It’s an entertaining read, and you’ll also learn a bit about things like ballistics, DNA, the oceans, and the atmosphere.
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