Ideas & Issues Advanced is the Speaking Strategies book for upper intermediate and advanced learners of English. It is part of the Ideas & Issues Series, which is specially designed to develop students' oral skills, stimulating democratic discussion and debate in the English-language class.
Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality
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Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate
Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you aren't shocked by quantum theory, you don't really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly written account of this fundamental scientific revolution, focusing on the central conflict between Einstein and Bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of science.
At a crucial and timely moment in the history of relations between the West and Islam, Orientalism provides the context and background for understanding where the fault-lines of this fraught relationship lie.
* An important topical reprise of the critical debate about western images and stereotypes of the Arab world and Islam. * Provides essential background to understanding this part of the world and offers a brief history of the debate regarding orientalism, as defined by Said and others.
Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design offers a comprehensive, unbiased history of this controversial issue, as well as a balanced presentation of the arguments central to a debate that remains one of the most divisive in American society. Centered around the importance of the issue to education in both the sciences and humanities, the book's chief concern is the relevance of the debate to America's public schools.
