Archimedes to Hawking [[electronic resource] ] : laws of science and the great minds behind them / / Clifford A. Pickover
| Archimedes to Hawking [[electronic resource] ] : laws of science and the great minds behind them / / Clifford A. Pickover |
| Autore | Pickover Clifford A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (529 p.) |
| Disciplina |
509.2/2
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Physical laws - History
Science - Methodology - History Science - Philosophy - History Scientists |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-34230-0
9786611342302 0-19-971452-5 1-4356-4213-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION AND BACKDROP; 250 B.C.-1700 A.D.; 1700-1800; 1800-1900; 1900 AND BEYOND; THE GREAT CONTENDERS; FINAL COMMENTS ON THE BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE; References; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451388503321 |
Pickover Clifford A
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
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Archimedes to Hawking [[electronic resource] ] : laws of science and the great minds behind them / / Clifford A. Pickover
| Archimedes to Hawking [[electronic resource] ] : laws of science and the great minds behind them / / Clifford A. Pickover |
| Autore | Pickover Clifford A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (529 p.) |
| Disciplina |
509.2/2
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Physical laws - History
Science - Methodology - History Science - Philosophy - History Scientists |
| ISBN |
0-19-773205-4
0-19-979268-2 1-281-34230-0 9786611342302 0-19-971452-5 1-4356-4213-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION AND BACKDROP; 250 B.C.-1700 A.D.; 1700-1800; 1800-1900; 1900 AND BEYOND; THE GREAT CONTENDERS; FINAL COMMENTS ON THE BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS IN SCIENCE; References; About the Author; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781827703321 |
Pickover Clifford A
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Great minds : reflections of 111 top scientists / / Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai, and Istvan Hargittai
| Great minds : reflections of 111 top scientists / / Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai, and Istvan Hargittai |
| Autore | Hargittai Balazs |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (403 pages) : portraits |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Scientists
Scientists - Psychology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-933619-9
0-19-933618-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Physicists -- Chemists -- Biomedical scientists. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453770803321 |
Hargittai Balazs
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| Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] | ||
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Great minds : reflections of 111 top scientists / / Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai, and Istvan Hargittai
| Great minds : reflections of 111 top scientists / / Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai, and Istvan Hargittai |
| Autore | Hargittai Balazs |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (403 pages) : portraits |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Scientists
Scientists - Psychology |
| ISBN |
0-19-933619-9
0-19-933618-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Physicists -- Chemists -- Biomedical scientists. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790940303321 |
Hargittai Balazs
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| Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Great minds : reflections of 111 top scientists / / Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai, and Istvan Hargittai
| Great minds : reflections of 111 top scientists / / Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai, and Istvan Hargittai |
| Autore | Hargittai Balazs |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (403 pages) : portraits |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Scientists
Scientists - Psychology |
| ISBN |
0-19-933619-9
0-19-933618-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Physicists -- Chemists -- Biomedical scientists. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827346003321 |
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| Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Lynx and the telescope : The Parallel Worlds of Cesi and Galileo / / by Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Peter Mason
| The Lynx and the telescope : The Parallel Worlds of Cesi and Galileo / / by Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Peter Mason |
| Autore | Galluzzi Paolo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : BRILL, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (538 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Collana | Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions |
| Soggetto topico |
Science, Renaissance
Science - Philosophy - History Astronomy - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-34232-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | “The Secret of the Eyeglass” -- Parallel Convergences? -- Fluid Heavens -- Building a Friendship -- The Copernican System versus Holy Scripture -- Images of Nature: Book or Theatre? -- Confronting the New Scenario -- Relaunching Copernicanism -- Metamorphosis of a Conjuncture: from ‘Marvellous’ to ‘Unfavourable’ -- From the Heavens to the Bowels of the Earth -- The Immaculate Conception of the Barberini Bees -- Plants as Compendium of Nature -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511446703321 |
Galluzzi Paolo
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| Leiden, [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : BRILL, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Lynx and the telescope : The Parallel Worlds of Cesi and Galileo / / by Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Peter Mason
| The Lynx and the telescope : The Parallel Worlds of Cesi and Galileo / / by Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Peter Mason |
| Autore | Galluzzi Paolo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : BRILL, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (538 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Collana | Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions |
| Soggetto topico |
Science, Renaissance
Science - Philosophy - History Astronomy - History |
| ISBN | 90-04-34232-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | “The Secret of the Eyeglass” -- Parallel Convergences? -- Fluid Heavens -- Building a Friendship -- The Copernican System versus Holy Scripture -- Images of Nature: Book or Theatre? -- Confronting the New Scenario -- Relaunching Copernicanism -- Metamorphosis of a Conjuncture: from ‘Marvellous’ to ‘Unfavourable’ -- From the Heavens to the Bowels of the Earth -- The Immaculate Conception of the Barberini Bees -- Plants as Compendium of Nature -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796687103321 |
Galluzzi Paolo
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| Leiden, [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : BRILL, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Lynx and the telescope : The Parallel Worlds of Cesi and Galileo / / by Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Peter Mason
| The Lynx and the telescope : The Parallel Worlds of Cesi and Galileo / / by Paolo Galluzzi ; translated by Peter Mason |
| Autore | Galluzzi Paolo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : BRILL, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (538 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Collana | Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions |
| Soggetto topico |
Science, Renaissance
Science - Philosophy - History Astronomy - History |
| ISBN | 90-04-34232-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | “The Secret of the Eyeglass” -- Parallel Convergences? -- Fluid Heavens -- Building a Friendship -- The Copernican System versus Holy Scripture -- Images of Nature: Book or Theatre? -- Confronting the New Scenario -- Relaunching Copernicanism -- Metamorphosis of a Conjuncture: from ‘Marvellous’ to ‘Unfavourable’ -- From the Heavens to the Bowels of the Earth -- The Immaculate Conception of the Barberini Bees -- Plants as Compendium of Nature -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815419703321 |
Galluzzi Paolo
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| Leiden, [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : BRILL, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The new celebrity scientists : out of the lab and into the limelight / / Declan Fahy
| The new celebrity scientists : out of the lab and into the limelight / / Declan Fahy |
| Autore | Fahy Declan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Scientists |
| ISBN | 1-4422-3343-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A brief history of scientific celebrity -- The paradoxical fame of Stephen Hawking -- Richard Dawkins's image problem -- Steven Pinker's academic stardom -- The political celebrity of Stephen Jay Gould -- Fame and the female scientist : Susan Greenfield -- The reluctant fame of James Lovelock -- The charming stardom of Brian Greene -- Neil DeGrasse Tyson's star quality -- A new scientific elite. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788169803321 |
Fahy Declan
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The new celebrity scientists : out of the lab and into the limelight / / Declan Fahy
| The new celebrity scientists : out of the lab and into the limelight / / Declan Fahy |
| Autore | Fahy Declan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509.2/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Scientists |
| ISBN | 1-4422-3343-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A brief history of scientific celebrity -- The paradoxical fame of Stephen Hawking -- Richard Dawkins's image problem -- Steven Pinker's academic stardom -- The political celebrity of Stephen Jay Gould -- Fame and the female scientist : Susan Greenfield -- The reluctant fame of James Lovelock -- The charming stardom of Brian Greene -- Neil DeGrasse Tyson's star quality -- A new scientific elite. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827524403321 |
Fahy Declan
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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