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Bezig met laden... Briljante momenten het begin, de blunders en de doorbraken in de wetenschap (origineel 2007; editie 2008)door Surendra Verma
Informatie over het werkBriljante momenten het begin, de blunders en de doorbraken in de wetenschap door Surendra Verma (2007)
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This book features quirky, enjoyable and entirely true instances of science going wrong, right and in totally unexpected directions from 600 BC onwards ... Just how did the scientific discoveries that have changed our world come about? Surendra Verma investigates the eureka moments, the serendipities and the plain errors that have peppered science's last 2,000 years. The result is a wonderfully readable insight into the mysteries of human scientific endeavour. From the sixth century BC and Pythagoras' claims that the world was round, to the modern discovery of penicillin, Surendra Verma trawls through history in search of the more human side of science. Who discovered anaesthesia at a party? How did a sewage farm odour reducer benefit medicine? Why did the Cold War prevent the West understanding heart disease? Verma's account of philosophers, physicians, scientists and Nobel Prize winners is a highly informative and brilliantly light-hearted account of how often Lady Luck can play a part in the scientific process. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The cause of mosquitoes’ sorrow, by the way, is DDT, developed in 1939 as a pesticide by the Swiss chemist Paul Mueller – who was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Physiology in 1948 – although the original organic compound was synthesized by a German chemist back in 1874.
The stories of the Piltdown Man, N-Rays, and the batmen on the Moon are explored and exploded, together with accounts of Mauve [the first synthetic dye], climate change and colour blindness.
“Pi,’ we are told, ‘has captured the imagination of mathematicians since ancient times”. And that sums up the book in a nutshell: if you care that a supercomputer has calculated the value of Pi to 1, 241, 100, 000, 000 decimal places, this is the read for you. (