Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Walter GratzerSeries:Popular SciencePublish date:2004-07-08Pages:357
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198609407ISBN-10:019860940XUPC:9780198609407Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, PhysicsSize:7.74 x 5.14 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCVA8PRS0E
The march of science has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, by outrageous strokes of luck, deserved and undeserved, and sometimes by human tragedy. From the death of Archimedes at the hands of an irritated Roman soldier to the concoction of a superconducting witches' brew at the close of the twentieth century, the stories in Eurekas and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198609407ISBN-10:019860940XUPC:9780198609407Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, PhysicsSize:7.74 x 5.14 x 0.76 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCVA8PRS0E
Walter Gratzer is a biophysicist at the Randall Institute, King's College London. He is known to a wide readership through his book reviews which appear regularly in Nature. His books include The Undergrowth of Science: Delusion, Self-Deception and Human Frailty, Longman Literary Companion to Science, and The Bedside Nature.
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