Experiencing science
By: Jeremy Bernstein.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
Subjects: Scientists -- Biography.; Science -- History.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 266.
Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Two faces of physics: Kepler, harmony of the world. Rabi, the modern age.; value: Three faces of biology: Lysenko, enemies of the people. A sorrow and a pity, Rosalind Franklin and The double helix. Lewis Thomas, life of a biology watcher.; value: Fact and fantasy: Extrapolators, Arthur C. Clarke. Calculators, self-replications. Innovators, Godel's theorem.