A Random Walk in Science

Herausgeber: Weber, Robert L; Mendoza, E.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This anthology provides an insight into the wit and intellect of the scientific mind through a blend of amusing and serious contributions written by and about scientists. The contributions record changing attitudes within science and mirror the interactions of science with society. It is of interest to everyone with a professional or amateur interest in science.

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bsp Books Pvt. Ltd.
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780750306492
• ISBN-10: 0750306491
• Artikelnr.: 21435803

Autorenporträt

Robert L. Weber

Inhaltsangabe

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.