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| Autore principale: | Waller, John, 1972-
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| Titolo: | Einstein's luck : the truth behind some of the greatest scientific discoveries / John Waller. |
| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : Oxford university press, 2002. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XI, 308 p. : ill., ritr. ; 20 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction: What is history for?. Pt. 1. Right for the wrong reasons: 1. The pateurization of spontaneous generation 2. The battle over the electron 3. The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's proof of general relativity 4. Very unscientific 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 dicovery on insulin 12. Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes 13. A decoy of satan. Conclusion to part 2: Sins against history?. Notes on sources. Index |
| ISBN: | 0192805673 |
| Discipline: | Scienze--Studi specifici. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XIX. Secolo XX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 14934 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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