Newton's apple and other myths about science / edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis.
Newton's apple and other myths about science / edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis.
Newton's apple and other myths about science / edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
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G 2015/4319
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 287 pages ; 22 cm.
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Medieval and early modern science: -- Myth 1. That there was no scientific activity between Greek antiquity and the scientific revolution / Michael H. Shank -- Myth 2. That before Columbus geographers and other educated people thought the earth was flat / Lesley B. Cormack -- Myth 3. That the Copern...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"Edited by Ronald Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis, Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science debunks the widespread belief that science advances when individual geniuses experience 'Eureka!' moments and suddenly comprehend what those around them could never imagine. Science has always been a cooperative enterprise of dedicated, fallible human bei...
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Newton's apple and other myths about science / edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Kostas Kampourakis.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-270) and index.
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©2015.
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G 2015/4319
Record Identifier
74VKR5R6lX5A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR5R6lX5A
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ISBN
0674967984 hardcover
9780674967984 hardcover
DDC
001.96
MMS ID
991023310559702626
