The Hutchinson Dictionary Of Scientific Biography
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: Roy Porter |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1196 |
Release |
: 2000-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1859863043 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781859863046 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography by : Roy Porter
This dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to the lives, labours and achievements of the men and women who have shaped the world of science. The in-depth biographies are comprehensive in their coverage of scientists and provide a wealth of information about the great scientists and their idiosyncrasies - for example, the effect of Humphrey Davy's jealousy of his former protege Michael Faraday, the prejudice against women that barred Lize Meitner from working in a major laboratory, and why the astronomer Tycho Brahe wore a false nose.
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: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:124039361 |
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: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography by :
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Total Pages |
: 618 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: PSU:000031652742 |
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: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientists by :
A comprehensive dictionary of scientific facts. It contains the biographies of numerous scientists including the Nobel prize winners; the discoveries of each one; the importance of their specialities and how they set about their work; and also what drove and inspired them as human beings.
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: Ian Glynn |
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: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2013-02-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191507137 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019150713X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Elegance in Science by : Ian Glynn
The idea of elegance in science is not necessarily a familiar one, but it is an important one. The use of the term is perhaps most clear-cut in mathematics - the elegant proof - and this is where Ian Glynn begins his exploration. Scientists often share a sense of admiration and excitement on hearing of an elegant solution to a problem, an elegant theory, or an elegant experiment. The idea of elegance may seem strange in a field of endeavour that prides itself in its objectivity, but only if science is regarded as a dull, dry activity of counting and measuring. It is, of course, far more than that, and elegance is a fundamental aspect of the beauty and imagination involved in scientific activity. Ian Glynn, a distinguished scientist, selects historical examples from a range of sciences to draw out the principles of science, including Kepler's Laws, the experiments that demonstrated the nature of heat, and the action of nerves, and of course the several extraordinary episodes that led to Watson and Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA. With a highly readable selection of inspiring episodes highlighting the role of beauty and simplicity in the sciences, the book also relates to important philosophical issues of inference, and Glynn ends by warning us not to rely on beauty and simplicity alone - even the most elegant explanation can be wrong.
Author |
: Trevor Palmer |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 560 |
Release |
: 2003-06-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521819288 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521819282 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Perilous Planet Earth by : Trevor Palmer
A readable account of the history of natural disasters throughout history.
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: Jolyon Goddard |
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: National Geographic Books |
Total Pages |
: 355 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426205446 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426205449 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Concise History of Science & Invention by : Jolyon Goddard
A global view of science and technology as it developed over the centuries.
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Total Pages |
: 620 |
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: 1973 |
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: UOM:39015036744483 |
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: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bibliography of the History of Medicine by :
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: Bridie Andrews |
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: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2003-09-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134441181 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134441185 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medicine and Colonial Identity by : Bridie Andrews
This volume shows how the study of medicine can provide new insights into colonial identity, and the possibility of accomodating multiple perspectives on identity within a single narrative.
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: Marcel Florkin |
Publisher |
: Gulf Professional Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 450 |
Release |
: 1972 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0444518665 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780444518668 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis A History of Biochemistry by : Marcel Florkin
Author |
: Trevor Palmer |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 463 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461549017 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461549019 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution by : Trevor Palmer
In Controversy, Trevor Palmer fully documents how traditional gradualistic views of biological and geographic evolution are giving way to a catastrophism that credits cataclysmic events, such as meteorite impacts, for the rapid bursts and abrupt transitions observed in the fossil record. According to the catastrophists, new species do not evolve gradually; they proliferate following sudden mass extinctions. Placing this major change of perspective within the context of a range of ancient debates, Palmer discusses such topics as the history of the solar system, present-day extraterrestrial threats to earth, hominid evolution, and the fossil record.