Science a la Mode : Physical Fashions and Fictions /
These iconoclastic and witty essays are about what happens when scientists jump on band-wagons. Tony Rothman applies creative skepticism to contemporary fashions in science, including the "standard model" Big Bang theory, geodesic domes, the concept of nuclear winter, and sociological appl...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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Edición: | Course Book |
Colección: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
952 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1. E GARDEN OF COSMOLOGICAL DELIGHTS
- 2. METAFLATION ?
- 3. Geodesics, Domes, and Spacetime
- 4. The Evolution of Entropy
- 5. A Memoir of Nuclear Winter
- 6. Genius and Biographers: The Fictionalization of Evariste Galois
- NOTES
- INDEX