『魂の重さの量り方』

レン・フィッシャー／著　林一／訳、新潮社、2006年1月27日　本体1800円 ■ 精密測定の結果、ヒトの魂には３０グラムほどの重さがあった。この事実をどう判断すべきか。“科学的信念”の進化をたどる。

Table of Contents
Preface	
Acknowledgments	

Weighing the Soul
Making a Move
A Salute to Newton
The Course of Lightning through a Corset
Fool's Gold?
Frankenstein Lives
What Is Life?
Conclusion: Necessary Mysteries

Appendix: A Brief Catalogue of Necessary Mysteries

Notes
Index

魂の重さの量り方

Weighing the Soul: Scientific Discovery from the Brilliant to the Bizarre

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How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life

Table of Contents
Introduction

1. The Art and Science of Dunking
2. How Does a Scientist Boil and Egg?
3. The Tao of Tools
4. How to Add Up Your Supermarket Bill
5. How to Throw a Boomerang
6. Catch as Catch Can
7. Bath Foam, Beer Foam, and the Meaning of Life
8. A Question of Taste
9. The Physics of Sex

Coda

Appendices
Notes and References
Index

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Award : Winner of the 2004 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award
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