Portraits of discovery : profiles in scientific genius
By: Greenstein, George.
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BookPublisher: New York : John Wiley, c1998Description: vii; 232p. ill. ; 24 x 15 cm.ISBN: 0471191388 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Scientists -- Biography | History | Geographic treatment | Biography | Discoveries in scienceDDC classification: 509.22 Summary: The author takes a peek into the minds and private lives of some famous and not so famous scientists and shows how through their experiences and special insights has enabled them to make their surprising and important discoveries. Included are profiles on Nobel Prize winning physicists Richard Feynman and Martin Perl, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the first woman astronomers and Luiz Alvarez, who discovered the cause for the extinction of dinosaurs. Summary: Prologue: The Other World
1. The Ladies of Observatory Hill: Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
2. The Bulldog: Ludwig Boltzmann and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
3. The Magician: George Gamow
4. A Gentleman of the Old School: Homi Bhabha and the Development of Science in India
5. Luie's Gadgets: Luis Alvarez and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
6. All Genius and All Buffoon: Richard Feynman
7. Big Science: Martin Perl and the World of High Energy Physics
8. Our Address in the Universe: Margaret Geller and John Huchra.
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The author takes a peek into the minds and private lives of some famous and not so famous scientists and shows how through their experiences and special insights has enabled them to make their surprising and important discoveries. Included are profiles on Nobel Prize winning physicists Richard Feynman and Martin Perl, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the first woman astronomers and Luiz Alvarez, who discovered the cause for the extinction of dinosaurs.
Prologue: The Other World
1. The Ladies of Observatory Hill: Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
2. The Bulldog: Ludwig Boltzmann and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
3. The Magician: George Gamow
4. A Gentleman of the Old School: Homi Bhabha and the Development of Science in India
5. Luie's Gadgets: Luis Alvarez and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
6. All Genius and All Buffoon: Richard Feynman
7. Big Science: Martin Perl and the World of High Energy Physics
8. Our Address in the Universe: Margaret Geller and John Huchra.
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