Quirky sides of scientists [electronic resource] : true tales of ingenuity and error from physics and astronomy / David R. Topper
- Author:
- Topper, David R.
- Published:
- New York : Springer, 2007.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume
- Additional Creators:
- SpringerLink (Online service)
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Tenacity and Stubbornness: Einstein on Theory and Experiment / David Topper -- Convergence or Coincidence: Ancient Measurements of the Sun and Moon--How Far? / David Topper -- The Rationality of Simplicity: Copernicus on Planetary Motion / David Topper -- The Silence of Scientists: Venus's Brightness, Earth's Precession, and the Nebula in Orion / David Topper -- Progress Through Error: Stars and Quasars--How Big, How Far? / David Topper -- The Data Fit the Model but the Model is Wrong: Kepler and the Structure of the Cosmos / David Topper -- Art Illustrates Science: Galileo, a Blemished Moon, and a Parabola of Blood / David Topper -- Ensnared in Circles: Galileo and the Law of Projectile Motion / David Topper -- Aesthetics and Holism: Newton on Light, Color, and Music / David Topper -- Missing One's Own Discovery Newton and the First Idea of an Artificial Satellite / David Topper -- A Change of Mind: Newton and the Comet(s?) of 1680 and 1681 / David Topper -- A Well-Nigh Discovery: Einstein and the Expanding Universe / David Topper
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780387710198
- Note:
- Description based on print version record.
Popular treatment.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction Note:
- Electronic reproduction. Berlin : Springer, 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available via SpringerLink.
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