Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller |
Autore | Waller John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
Disciplina | 509 |
Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-44458-4
9786610444588 0-19-153941-4 1-4237-5641-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What is history for?; Part One: Right for the wrong reasons; 1 The pasteurization of spontaneous generation; 2 'The battle over the electron'; 3 The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof of general relativity; 4 Very unscientific management; 5 The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for; Conclusion to Part I: Sins against science?; Part Two: Telling science as it was; 6 Myth in the time of cholera
7 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction8 Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean?; 9 The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance; 10 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama; 11 Painting yourself into a corner: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin; 12 Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes; 13 'A decoy of Satan'; Conclusion to Part Two: Sins against history?; Notes on sources; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452148903321 |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller |
Autore | Waller John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
Disciplina | 509 |
Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science - History |
ISBN |
1-280-44458-4
9786610444588 0-19-153941-4 1-4237-5641-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What is history for?; Part One: Right for the wrong reasons; 1 The pasteurization of spontaneous generation; 2 'The battle over the electron'; 3 The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof of general relativity; 4 Very unscientific management; 5 The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for; Conclusion to Part I: Sins against science?; Part Two: Telling science as it was; 6 Myth in the time of cholera
7 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction8 Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean?; 9 The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance; 10 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama; 11 Painting yourself into a corner: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin; 12 Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes; 13 'A decoy of Satan'; Conclusion to Part Two: Sins against history?; Notes on sources; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777558103321 |
Waller John
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fabulous science : fact and fiction in the history of scientific discovery / / John Waller |
Autore | Waller John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
Disciplina | 509 |
Soggetto topico | Discoveries in science - History |
ISBN |
1-280-44458-4
9786610444588 0-19-153941-4 1-4237-5641-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What is history for?; Part One: Right for the wrong reasons; 1 The pasteurization of spontaneous generation; 2 'The battle over the electron'; 3 The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof of general relativity; 4 Very unscientific management; 5 The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for; Conclusion to Part I: Sins against science?; Part Two: Telling science as it was; 6 Myth in the time of cholera
7 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction8 Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean?; 9 The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance; 10 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama; 11 Painting yourself into a corner: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin; 12 Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes; 13 'A decoy of Satan'; Conclusion to Part Two: Sins against history?; Notes on sources; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823367603321 |
Waller John
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Walking the Corfu Trail / / John Waller |
Autore | Waller John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Holland : , : Yiannis Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 pages) |
Disciplina | 796.5 |
Soggetto topico | Hiking |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151695203321 |
Waller John
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Holland : , : Yiannis Books, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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