The golem : what you should know about science /

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"What is the Golem? In Jewish mythology the Golem is an effigy or image brought to life. While not evil, it is a strong, clumsy, and incomplete servant. Through a series of case studies, ranging from relativity and cold fusion to memory in worms and the sex lives of lizards, Harry Collins and T...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-
Other Authors: Pinch, Trevor, 1952-2021
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998, 1993.
Edition:Second Canto edition.
Series:Canto classics.
Subjects:
Science > History.
Science > Social aspects > History.
Sciences > Histoire.
Sciences > Aspect social > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Nanoscience.
SCIENCE > Reference.
Science.
Science > Social aspects.
Biologie
Chemie
Naturwissenschaften
Wissenschaft
Natuurwetenschappen.
Sociale aspecten.
Mathematics.
Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
Elementary Mathematics & Arithmetic.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The golem
  • Edible knowledge : the chemical transfer of memory
  • Two experiments that 'proved' the theory of relativity
  • The sun in a test tube : the story of cold fusion
  • The germs of dissent : Louis Pasteur and the origins of life
  • A new window on the universe : the non-detection of gravitational radiation
  • The sex life of the whiptail lizard
  • Set the controls for the heart of the sun : the strange story of the missing solar neutrinos
  • Putting the golem to work
  • Golem and the scientists.

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