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Science Unshackled : How Obscure, Abstract, Seemingly Useless Scientific Research Turned Out to Be the Basis for Modern Life /
"Why in the world are we paying for all this 'basic' research? The answer to this question becomes clear in this romp through the 'seemingly useless' world of pure science, where one thing leads to another in ways that result in major scientific advancements. With a novelist...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Finding ourselves. A brief history of timing ; Going with the flow ; From "Principia" to Principe ; The attraction of time ; Fine-tuning time ; Around the world in 80 hours (give or take)
- Identity crisis. One strand ; Two strands ; The first rungs of the ladder ; Interchangeable pieces ; Igniting the fuse ; Breaking down, building up ; A curious boy ; Copycat ; The molecule of the year ; The genetic bread machine
- Finding a hot spot. A universal "hot spot" ; Classic black ; A tunnel to oblivion ; Chasing wild geese ; Going wireless ; Where credit is due ; Anatomy of a successful failure
- Pick your poison. Desperate times, desperate measures ; Barking up the right tree ; The inside story on pain ; A bitter sting ; A simple question ; The gift of the magus
- Dreaming of the star treatment. Ingredients of the stars ; The sun's secret recipe ; Reading between the lines ; Through a star darkly ; The Opacity Project ; The iron lady and the gold standard ; Therapy of the stars.