Experiencing science
By: Jeremy Bernstein.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780465021857
Subjects: Science -- History; Scientists -- Biography
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 266.

Table of contents: title: Two faces of physics: Kepler, harmony of the world. Rabi, the modern age.; title: 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.; title: Fact and fantasy: Extrapolators, Arthur C. Clarke. Calculators, self-replications. Innovators, Godel's theorem.