A random walk in science : an anthology

著者

• Weber, Robert L.
• Mendoza, Eric

書誌事項

A random walk in science : an anthology

compiled by the late R.L. Weber (1913-1997) ; edited by E. Mendoza ; with a foreword by William Cooper

Institute of Physics Pub., 1999, c1973

• : pbk

内容説明・目次

内容説明

A Random Walk in Science provides insight into the wit and intellect of the scientific mind through a blend of amusing and serious contributions written by and about scientists. The book records changing attitudes within science and mirrors the interactions of science with society. Some of the contributors include Lewis Carroll, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Swift, and James Clark Maxwell. This entertaining anthology covers Murphy's Law, the trial of Galileo, life on Earth, Gulliver's computer, and much more.

目次

Chapters Include: When does jam become marmalade? The transit of Venus. Heaven is hotter than Hell. A contribution to the mathematical theory of big game hunting. Arrogance in physics. Gulliver's computer. Life on Earth (by a Martian). How radar began. The Mason-Dixon line. The trial of Galileo. In defence of pure research. A theory of ghosts.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA46637112
• ISBN:
  • 0750306491
• LCCN: 99089200
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Bristol
• ページ数/冊数: xvii, 206 p., [10] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : Q167
  • DC : 502/.07
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Science -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc
  • LCSH : Science -- Anecdotes