Creating a Second Paradise and Other Short Stories from Science, History and Philosophy

Albert Einstein once said: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." This is the guiding spirit of the books in this series of Short stories from science, history and philosophy. The objective here is to explain science in a simple, attractive and fun form that is open to all.

The aim of the writings is to present key scientific events, ideas and personalities in the form of short stories that are easy and fun to read. Each story may be read separately, but at the same time they all band together to form a wide-ranging introduction to the history of science and areas of contemporary scientific research, as well as some of the recurring problems science has encountered in history and the philosophical dilemmas it raises today.


Table of Contents (Vol. 2):

• What wiped out the dinosaurs?
• The afterlife of Henrietta Lacks
• The man who counted infinity
• Creating a second paradise
• The bioethics of conception
• No more bananas?!
• Alexander von Humboldt - adventurer and scientist
• Paracelsus - Martin Luther of medicine
• Statistics against poverty and disease
• Lucy, more precious than diamonds
• Hobbits from the isle of Flores
• The war of images
• Feral children
• EPO - The story about 2550 liters of powdered urine
• Cell police
• The Black Death pandemic
• A deadly virus from the heart of Africa
• Malaria
• When our sense of probability deceives us