02907nam 2200589 450 991082296290332120230124193100.01-118-54635-01-118-54636-9(CKB)3710000000412765(OCoLC)861966504(MiAaPQ)EBC1637639(DLC) 2013043515(MiAaPQ)EBC4036225(Au-PeEL)EBL1637639(CaPaEBR)ebr10842289(CaONFJC)MIL578530(Au-PeEL)EBL4036225(CaPaEBR)ebr11110929(OCoLC)932331356(EXLCZ)99371000000041276520140313h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPromoting the Planck Club how defiant youth, irreverent researchers and liberated universities can foster prosperity indefinitely /Donald W. Braben ; cover photograph, Robert E. Williams1st ed.Hoboken, New Jersey :Wiley,2014.©20141 online resource (240 pages) illustrations1-118-54642-3 1-118-54638-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Accidents, coincidences and the luck of the draw : how Benjamin Thompson and Humphry Davy enabled Michael Faraday to electrify the world -- Science, technology and economic growth : can their magical relationships be controlled? -- Max Planck : a reluctant revolutionary with a hunger of the soul -- Physics golden age : "Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive/But to be young was very heaven" -- Oswald T Avery : a modest diminutive introverted scientific heavyweight -- Barbara Mcclintock (1902-1992) : a patient integrating maverick interpreter of living systems -- Charles Townes : a meticulously careful scientific adventurer -- Carl Woese : a staunch advocate for classical biology. Molecular biologists can read the notes in the score but they can't hear the music? -- Peter Mitchell : a high-minded creative and courageous bioenergetics accountant -- Harry Kroto : an artistic adventurous chemist with a flair for astrophysics -- John Mattick : a prominent critic of dogma and a pioneer of the idea that genomes contain hidden sources of regulation -- Conclusions: How we can foster prosperity indefinitely.ScientistsBiographyScienceHistoryDiscoveries in scienceScientistsScienceHistory.Discoveries in science.509.2/2Braben Donald W.1935-1621530Williams Robert E289090MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822962903321Promoting the Planck Club3954847UNINA