Quirky Sides of Scientists True Tales of Ingenuity and Error From Physics and Astronomy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Topper, David R. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Physics.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the often irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their theories. There are stories of Einstein’s stubbornness leading him to reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and miss an important deduction from his own theory, and New...