Einstein's luck : the truth behind some of the greatest scientific discoveries / John Waller.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

xi, 308 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Copy 1. Donor: Emeritus Professor Alan E. H. Emery.

The pasteurization of spontaneous generation -- 'The battle over the electron' -- The eclipse of Isaac Newton : Arthur Eddington's 'proof' of general relativity -- Very unscientific management -- The Hawthorne studies : finding what you are looking for -- Conclusion to part 1 : Sins against science? -- Myth in the time of cholera -- 'The priest who held the key' : Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction -- Was Joseph Lister Mr. Clean? -- The origin of species by means of use-inheritance -- 'A is for ape, B is for Bible' : science, religion, and melodrama -- Painting yourself into a comer : Charles Best and the discovery of insulin -- Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes -- 'A decoy of Satan' -- Conclusion to part 2 : Sins against history?

Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-301) and index.