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Science Secrets : The Truth about Darwin's Finches, Einstein's Wife, and Other Myths /
"Accessibly written in an engaging style, this book examines classic popular stories in the history of science. Some of the myths discussed include Franklin's Kite, Newton's Apple, and Thomson's plum pudding model of the atom. Martn̕ez successfully holds readers' attention b...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2011]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.