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Science's most wanted : the top 10 book of outrageous innovators, deadly disasters, and shocking discoveries /
Science and technology have had more than their share of the good, the bad, and the bogus. Alfred William Lawson, the designer of the first airliner, believed that two types of creatures lived within the brainù ôMenorgs,ö which were the mental organizers responsible for all good things, and ôDis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brassey's,
©2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Science and technology have had more than their share of the good, the bad, and the bogus. Alfred William Lawson, the designer of the first airliner, believed that two types of creatures lived within the brainù ôMenorgs,ö which were the mental organizers responsible for all good things, and ôDisorgs,ö which infect all cells with disorganization. Chonosuke Okamura collected and catalogued what he thought were tiny men and animals, all 1/100-inch long, which most geologists think are actually mineral grains. Peter Fong found that the expression ôhappy as a clamö had a scientific basis when he te. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781612342238 161234223X |