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portada quirky sides of scientists: true tales of ingenuity and error from physics and astronomy (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2010
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm
Weight
0.32 kg.
ISBN
1441924299
ISBN13
9781441924292

quirky sides of scientists: true tales of ingenuity and error from physics and astronomy (in English)

David R. Topper (Author) · Springer · Paperback

quirky sides of scientists: true tales of ingenuity and error from physics and astronomy (in English) - Topper, David R.

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Synopsis "quirky sides of scientists: true tales of ingenuity and error from physics and astronomy (in English)"

These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the often irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their theories. The book clearly demonstrates that the greatest minds throughout history arrived at their famous scientific theories in very unorganized ways and they often did not fully grasp the significance and implications of their own work. There are stories of Einstein's stubbornness leading him to reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and miss an important deduction from his own theory, and Newton missing the important deduction from one of his most celebrated discoveries. Outside a circle of specialized academics, these little-known yet fascinating stories are told in a clear and engaging style to captivate the scientific-educated reader. A theme running throughout the book is the notion that what is obvious today was not so in the past. Scientists seen in their historical context shatter myths and show them to be less modern than we often like to think of them.

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