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Science secrets : the truth about Darwin's finches, Einstein's wife, and other myths /
"Was Darwin really inspired by Galapagos finches? Did Einstein's wife secretly contribute to his theories? Did Franklin fly a kite in a thunderstorm? Did a falling apple lead Newton to universal gravity? Did Galileo drop objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Did Einstein really believe i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2011]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of myths and apparent myths
- Galileo and the leaning Tower of Pisa
- Galileo's pythagorean heresy
- Newton's apple and the tree of knowledge
- The stone of the ancients
- Darwin's missing frogs
- Ben Franklin's electric kite
- Coulomb's impossible experiment?
- Thomson, plum-pudding, and electrons
- Did Einstein believe in God?
- A myth about the speed of light
- The cult of the quiet wife
- Einstein and the clock towers of Bern
- The secret of Einstein's creativity?
- Eugenics and the myth of equality.