Robert L. Weber
Autor(a) de A Random Walk in Science
About the Author
Obras por Robert L. Weber
Droll Science: Being a Treasury of Whimsical Characters, Laboratory Levity, and Scholarly Follies (1987) 14 exemplares
Kabinett physikalischer Raritäten : eine Anthologie zum Mit-, Nach- und Weiterdenken (1984) 1 exemplar
Physics for teachers; a modern review 1 exemplar
Science with a smile an anthology 1 exemplar
A random walk in science 1 exemplar
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 14
- Membros
- 252
- Popularidade
- #90,785
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 19
- Línguas
- 1
I'm eternally grateful to the physics teacher that brought this book to the attention of the class of 16/17 year-olds I was in at the time. It's a ideal book to leaf through at that age to make one realise that scientists are human and that science can be fun and thought-provoking and moving all at once.
There are about as many items as there are pages in the book - ranging from one-liners to essays of a few thousand words. There's the now-famous "Stress analysis of a strapless evening gown", Wood's account of the self-deception of scientists that caused them to believe in N-rays, "Standards for inconsequential trivia", and "Slidesmanship". There's limericks and songs and drawings, mock exam papers, and a proof of the theorem that Alexander the Great did not exist and rode a horse with an infinite number of legs. Something for everyone, in other words. To be appreciated by those that do science and those that don't.
An all-round excellent book.… (mais)