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Why it's not all rocket science : scientific theories and experiments explained

Cave, Robert2016
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In 'Why It's Not All Rocket Science', Robert Cave examines 100 extraordinary projects, theories and experiments that have been conducted in the name of science. Some, including various nuclear tests, have attracted controversy and hostility; others, such as Johann Wilhelm Ritter's erotic self-experiments with a voltaic pile, seem downright weird. But Cave demonstrates, thoroughly and informatively, that it is only by doggedly asking awkward questions, and paying close attention to the answers, that scientists have been able to make progress.
Author:
Cave, Robert, author
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780500292006 (pbk)
Dewey class:
509502
LC class:
Q125
Local class:
509
Language:
English
BRN:
1581406
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