by Peter Atkins · Oxford University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780199660544
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«On Being» is Peter Atkins's popular science essay, published by Oxford University Press in paperback, with 128 pages and text in English.
Peter Atkins examines the big questions that religion has tried to answer, such as the origin of reality and the meaning of life and death, from a scientific and materialist perspective. He does not dismiss the comfort that faith can bring, but believes the scientific method is the way to uncover the underlying truths.
«On Being» originally appeared in 2011; the current paperback edition was published on 27 September 2012.
For readers interested in the philosophy of science and the debate between science and religion.
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.
