Science secrets : the truth about Darwin's finches, Einstein's wife, and other myths /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martínez, Alberto A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Science > History > Miscellanea.
Sciences > Histoire > Miscellanées.
SCIENCE > History.
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Reference.
SCIENCE > General.
Science
History
Trivia and miscellanea
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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