Experiencing science / Jeremy Bernstein.

  • Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929-
Date:
[1978], ©1978
  • Books

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New York : Basic Books, [1978], ©1978.

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xi, 275 pages ; 22 cm

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Includes index

Contents

Two faces of physics: Kepler, harmony of the world. Rabi, the modern age.--Three faces of biology: Lysenko, enemies of the people. A sorrow and a pity, Rosalind Franklin and The double helix. Lewis Thomas, life of a biology watcher.--Fact and fantasy: Extrapolators, Arthur C. Clarke. Calculators, self-replications. Innovators, Godel's theorem.

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Bibliography: p. 266

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    History of Medicine
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  • 0465021859