Breakthrough

How to Think Like a Scientist, Learn How to Fail and Embrace the Unknown
Brief Description
What can we learn about ourselves if we think like scientists? A scientist's journey from observation to discovery is anything but straightforward. It is littered with failure, unexpected diversions, and joyous realisations. Science helps us to understand ourselves in a world where we often feel like... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Breakthrough

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What can we learn about ourselves if we think like scientists?

A scientist's journey from observation to discovery is anything but straightforward. It is littered with failure, unexpected diversions, and joyous realisations. Science helps us to understand ourselves in a world where we often feel like strangers; but what we know about the world around us, what has already been explored and discovered, is only half of science's story.

Dr Camilla Pang will look at some of the biggest mysteries facing science today and how some of the best cutting-edge scientists can illuminate our own approaches to observation, hypothesis, exploration, troubleshooting, and discovery in our personal lives.

The stability of science was originally a safety blanket for her survival with Autism; after becoming a scientist herself, Camilla quickly realises that it is the complete opposite. Scientific research, much like lifeβ€”beset by new technology and ubiquitous informationβ€”is constantly changing. Part of its curse but also of its beauty.

There's a scientist hidden inside all of us. Science's greatest gift is to discover what makes us truly human.

Breakthrough by Camilla Pang invites you to explore this journey.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241545331

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Viking

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 144.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 349g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Dr Camilla Pang holds a PhD in biochemistry from University College London and is a postdoctoral scientist specializing in translational bioinformatics. At the age of eight, Camilla was diagnosed with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and ADHD at twenty-six years old. Her career and studies have been heavily influenced by her diagnosis and she is driven by her passion for understanding humans, our behaviours and how we work. Her first book, Explaining Humans, won the Royal Society Science Book Prize.

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