Lenihan

Science in Action

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Science in Action, John Lenihan shares his irrepressible enthusiasm for science. With characteristic wit and humor, he explains how science affects our daily lives in diverse areas such as medicine, poetry, politics, the environment, and the paranormal-cheerfully debunking some popular pseudo-scientific myths along the way. John Fleming's delightful cartoons add wry comment to the text, making this a book enjoyable to read time and again.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780854980413
• ISBN-10: 0854980415
• Artikelnr.: 26040349

Autorenporträt

John Lenlhan (Author), John E. Fleming (Illustrations)

Inhaltsangabe

Why Things Work: Man against the floorboards. A shocking story. Science and
the bagpipe. History: The experiment that didn't work. How science doesn't
happen. Science and Society: Relation of poetry to science. Fallout and
health. Disco-deafness - the hazard that never was. Earth, Sun and Stars:
Festival day for Vulcan. Sun dials tell more than the time. Wandering
continents. Sums and such: Trying to get numbers to be random enough. The
cross that every schoolboy knows. The Living World: A sense that is not to
be sneezed at. The sound of medicine. Grass is good for you. People: The
poisonous art of the Borgias. I taught Wittgenstein. Follies and conceits:
Diving geometry. Stars in daylight. Science and the supernatural.