Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : the endarkenment -- Intelligent design : Galileo and the Lynxes -- Galileo's gout -- Swift-boating Darwin : alternative and complementary science -- Homeostasis and the east wind -- Red wine, ortolans, and chondroitin sulfate -- Cortisone and the burning cross -- The case of the floppy-eared rabbits -- Einstein and Jimmy Mac -- Baumol's curse -- From the patchwork mouse to patchwork data -- Alice James and rheumatic gout -- Lewis Thomas and the two cultures -- Rats, lice, and Zinsser -- Faith-based alternative medicine : Moses applies for a grant -- Reducing the Genome -- A nobel error -- The mother of us all : Boston City and the Thorndike -- Childish curiosity -- Jacques Loeb and stem cells -- Galton's prayer -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Subject |
Science -- History.
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Science. |
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History. |
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Discoveries in science.
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Discoveries in science. |
ISBN |
9781934137000 |
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1934137006 |
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