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A Random Walk in Science Robert L. Weber

A Random Walk in Science By Robert L. Weber

A Random Walk in Science by Robert L. Weber


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Summary

Offers insight into the wit and intellect of the scientific mind through a blend of amusing and serious contributions written by and about scientists. This book mirrors the interactions of science with society. It covers Murphy's Law, the trial of Galileo, life on Earth, and Gulliver's computer.

A Random Walk in Science Summary

A Random Walk in Science by Robert L. Weber

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.

A Random Walk in Science Reviews

... entertaining, pleasing, and stimulating anthology ...
-Europe and Astronomy

About Robert L. Weber

Robert L. Weber

Table of Contents

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.

Additional information

GOR005032651
9780750306492
0750306491
A Random Walk in Science by Robert L. Weber
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20000101
138
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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