TY - BOOK AU - Waller,John TI - Einstein's luck: the truth behind some of the greatest scientific discoveries SN - 0198607199 (acid-free paper) AV - Q125 .W266 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Science KW - History KW - Discoveries in science N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-301) and index; The pasteurization of spontaneous generation -- 'The battle over the electron' -- The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof' of general relativity -- Very unscientific management -- The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for -- Myth in the time of cholera -- 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction -- Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean? -- The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance -- 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama -- Painting yourself into a comer: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin -- Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes -- 'A decoy of Satan' UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002033326.h tml ER -