by Peter Atkins · Espasa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467027204
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«El dedo de Galileo» is the popular science essay by Peter Atkins, published by Espasa in hardback (44 pages, in Spanish).
Peter Atkins surveys the ten great ideas of science and explains in an engaging way how they influence human life: genetic inheritance encoded in DNA, evolution by natural selection, conservation of energy, and the role of mathematical reasoning. An accessible essay, intended for reading and reference by a broad audience.
The work belongs to the Espasa Forum collection. The original title is Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science.
Suitable for a broad audience, including those approaching the foundations of science for the first time.
Peter William Atkins is an English chemist and a Fellow of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. He retired in 2007. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Atkins is also the author of a number of popular science books, including Atkins' Molecules, Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science and On Being.
