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Autore principale: | Waller, John, 1972-
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Titolo: | Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / John Waller. |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford : Oxford university press, 2002. |
Descrizione fisica: | XI, 308 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm |
Contiene: | Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: What is history for? Pt. 1. Right for the wrong reasons: 1. The pasteurization of spontaneous generation 2. The battle over electron 3. The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's proof of general relativity 4. Very unscientifc management 5. The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for. Conclusion to part 1: Sins against science? Pt. 2. Telling science as it was: 6. Myth in the time of cholera 7. The priest who held the key: Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction 8. Was Joseph Lister mr. Clean? 9. The origin of species by means of use-inheritance 10. A is for ape, B is for Bible: science, religion and melodrama 11. Painting yourself into a corner: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin 12. Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes 13. A decoy of Satan. Conclusion to part 2: Sins against history?. Notes on sources. Index |
ISBN: | 0192804049 |
Discipline: | Scienze--Studi specifici. |
Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XIX. Secolo XX. |
Collocazione: | LS 13065 |
Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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