Bynum, W. F.: Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

popis: The original words announcing great scientific discoveries, from the first 'Eureka!' to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, can all be found in this fascinating new collection, a major addition to the world-famous "Oxford Quotations" range. An essential reference tool, put together over 15 years with the assistance of a distinguished team of specialist advisers, it includes full author descriptions, exact sources, and a word-finding index for easy reference. Scholarly but accessible, it also presents the human face of science, as scientists reflect on achievements and failures in their own lives and those of others. Darwin not only describes natural selection, but carefully assesses the pros and cons of marriage, while James Clerk Maxwell constructs an electric but poetic Valentine as well as his 'demon'. From Archimedes to Einstein and beyond, the "Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations" charts the progress of the great ideas of science. "Schrodinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory but a dodge - and a very good dodge too." - Arthur Eddington. "I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy." - Albert Einstein. "Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." - Rosalind Franklin. "I do not feel obliged to believe that same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them." - Galileo Galilei. "I try to identify myself with the atoms...I ask what I would do if I were a carbon atom or a sodium atom." - Linus Pauling.autor/autori: Bynum, W. F.; Porter, Royvydal: Oxford University Pr, 2005číslo produktu: 10162925dodanie: v SR: od 2 €, pri objednávkach cez obooks.sk osobný odber 2x Bratislava (0 €), na 500+ PickUp pointoch (od 2 €) ; v ČR: dodanie od 75 Kč a osobný odber v 2000+ miestach; v EU a svet: platba vopred, poštovné podľa váhypoznámka: Fotografia je ilustračný obrázok, použitý produkt môže vykazovať známky menšieho, alebo väčšieho použitia, nemusí mať prebal ak ho mal pri výrobe, prílohy a odnímateľné časti. Poskytujeme plnú záruku na vnútro knihy, t.j. je prevedená ručná kontrola chýbajúcich strán a ich čistoty.

popis: The original words announcing great scientific discoveries, from the first 'Eureka!' to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, can all be found in this fascinating new collection, a major addition to the world-famous "Oxford Quotations" range. An essential reference tool, put together over 15 years with the assistance of a distinguished team of specialist advisers, it includes full author descriptions, exact sources, and a word-finding index for easy reference. Scholarly but accessible, it also...