Guerrilla Science Survival Strategies of a Cuban Physicist /

• Main Author: Altshuler, Ernesto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Physics.; Entomology.; Condensed matter.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.; Popular Science in Physics.; Popular Life Sciences.; Condensed Matter Physics.

Full of drama, dedication, and humor, this book narrates the author’s often frustrating experiences working as an experimental physicist in Cuba after the disintegration of the so-called socialist block. Lacking finance and infrastructure, faced with makeshift equipment, unpredictable supplies, and...

Table of Contents:

• Guerrilla Science
• The Chinese Connection
• Strange Phenomena in Cuban Sands
• Lab-in-a-Bucket: Low Budget Experiments on the Solar System
• Garbage Experiments
• A Reason to Drink Coca Cola
• Should We Be a Little Afraid of Urinating?
• Smarter than Bibijaguas
• Annex: How Grains Influence Weak Links in Ceramic Superconductors.