Bibliograph

The human side of science, Edison and Tesla, Watson and Crick, and other personal stories behind science's big ideas, by Arthur W. Wiggins and Charles M. Wynn Sr. ; cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris

Type

Label

The human side of science, Edison and Tesla, Watson and Crick, and other personal stories behind science's big ideas, by Arthur W. Wiggins and Charles M. Wynn Sr. ; cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The human side of science

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

946610275

Responsibility statement

by Arthur W. Wiggins and Charles M. Wynn Sr. ; cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris

Sub title

Edison and Tesla, Watson and Crick, and other personal stories behind science's big ideas

Summary

This lively and humorous book focuses attention on the fact that science is a human enterprise. The reader learns about the foibles and quirks as well as the admirable ingenuity and impressive accomplishments of famous scientists who made some of the greatest discoveries of the past and present

Table Of Contents

Democritus and Aristotle ponder the existence of atoms -- Aristotle, Aristarchus, Copernicus, and Galileo seek to determine Earth's place in the cosmos -- Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, and Gottfried Leibniz argue about motion and calculus -- The battling Bernoullis and Bernoulli's principle -- Antoine Lavoisier and Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) have rival theories about heat -- Mendeleev, Meyer, Moseley, and the birth of the periodic table -- Westinghouse/Tesla vs. Edison : AC/DC titans clash -- Alfred Wegener stands his ground about continental drift -- Albert Einstein, Marcel Grossmann, Mileva Maric and Michele Besso struggle with relativity -- Part 2 : Albert Einstein's struggles continue -- Edwin Hubble and Harlow Shapley clash/cooperate over the universe's Size -- Disastrous consequences of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn's discovery of nuclear fission -- Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, and Francis Crick determine the structure of DNA -- J. Craig Venter, James Watson, and Michael Hunkapiller race for the human genome -- Ten honorable mention mini-chapters

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