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003 OCoLC
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008 051027s2002 enka b 001 0 eng
001 ocm50693396
010 _a 2002033326
015 _aGBA2-T7889
019 _a51108855
020 _a0198607199 (acid-free paper)
029 1 _aUKM
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035 _a(Sirsi) i9780198607199
035 _a(Sirsi) i9780198607199
035 _a(Sirsi) i9780198607199
035 _z(Sirsi) 156105
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050 0 0 _aQ125
_b.W266 2002
090 _aQ 125 .W266 2002
100 1 _aWaller, John,
_d1972-
245 1 0 _aEinstein's luck :
_bthe truth behind some of the greatest scientific discoveries /
_cJohn Waller.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2002.
300 _axi, 308 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 296-301) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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'.
650 0 _aScience
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDiscoveries in science.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002033326.h tml
999 _c98508
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