Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
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Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
Oxford University Press, 1995
- v. 66
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Proceedings of the Royal Institution
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A superb collection of essays by the best popular scientific writers, all active in research fields today. With contributions from Alan Maynard, Michael O' Shea, and award-winning scientist Steve Jones writing about human genetic research. This book is intended for all those interested in recent developments in science and technology
Table of Contents
- William Waldegrave: National Week of Science, Engineering and Technology
- Steve Jones: Bicycling to Utopia
- Michael O'Shea: Simple brains - simple minds
- Tim Harper: Dead or alive: two concepts of rock behaviour
- D.T. Clark: Materials in the fast lane
- Mary Archer: Hello sunshine
- Malcolm B. Wilkins: Are plants intelligent?
- Iwao Fujimasa: Artificial hearts: from technology to science
- Alan Maynard: Is high technology medicine cost effective?
- Sir Robert Wilson: From Aristotle to black holes: the role of gravity in astronomy
- Michael Spiro: Hot and stimulating: a tale of tea and coffee
- D.S. Powlson: Agriculture, soil, and pollution - 150 years of research on plant nutrients
- John Rawlins: How humans work at high and low pressures
- Jack Meadows: John Tyndall: Then and now
- Professor Sir Graham Hills: Knowledge is luggage: travel light
- The Royal Institution: Recent discourses.
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