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| Autore principale: | Topper, David R.
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| Titolo: | Quirky sides of scientists : true tales of ingenuity and error from physics and astronomy / David R. Topper. |
| Pubblicazione: | New York : Springer, 2007. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XIII, 210 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: Acknowledgments. A note on the figures. Prelude. 1. Tenacity and stubbornness: Einstein on theory and experiment 2. Convergence or coincidence: ancient measurements of the Sun and Moon : how far? 3. The rationality of simplicity: Copernicus on planetary motion 4. The silence of scientists: Venus's brightness, Earth's precession and the nebula in Orion 5. Progress through error: stars and quasars : how big, how far? 6. The data fit the model but the model is wrong: Kepler and the structure of the Cosmos 7. Art illustrates science: Galileo, a blemished Moon, and a parabola of blood 8. Ensnared in circles: Galileo and the law of projectile motion 9. Aesthetics and holism: Newton on light, color and music 10. Missing one's own discovery: Newton and the first idea of an aritificial satellite 11. A change of mind: Newton and the comet(s?) of 1680 and 1681 12. A well-nigh discovery: Einstein and the expanding universe. Postlude |
| Visionato in: | IMSS |
| Discipline: | Astronomia--Studi specifici. Fisica--Studi specifici. |
| Collocazione: | Misc. Gal 053/ 32 (fotocopia delle sole p. 109-137 relative a Galileo) |
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| Collocazione: | LS 19922 |
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