LEADER 00000cam a2200769Ia 4500 001 ocn135336607 003 OCoLC 005 20160527040721.9 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 070524s2004 enka ob 001 0beng d 019 154805102|a314211589|a437109276|a455958775|a476259426 |a646784889|a756878789|a814475525|a824558594 020 9781429469883|q(electronic book) 020 1429469889|q(electronic book) 020 9780191513039|q(electronic book) 020 0191513032|q(electronic book) 020 1280752807 020 9781280752803 020 |z0192804944|q(Paper) 035 (OCoLC)135336607|z(OCoLC)154805102|z(OCoLC)314211589 |z(OCoLC)437109276|z(OCoLC)455958775|z(OCoLC)476259426 |z(OCoLC)646784889|z(OCoLC)756878789|z(OCoLC)814475525 |z(OCoLC)824558594 037 075280|bMIL 037 |bCRKN/MyiLibrary|cCostDepend|fFormOnline |gAccessRestricted|nGovNo 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dOCLCA|dOCLCQ|dCN8ML|dQE2|dIDEBK |dE7B|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dNLGGC|dOCLCQ|dMERUC|dEBLCP|dYDXCP |dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ 043 n-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 Q143.F8|bT36 2004eb 072 7 SCI|x074000|2bisacsh 072 7 BIO|x015000|2bisacsh 072 7 PDX|2bicssc 082 04 539/.6/09|222 090 Q143.F8|bT36 2004eb 100 1 Tanford, Charles,|d1921-2009.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n88021065 245 10 Ben Franklin stilled the waves :|ban informal history of pouring oil on water with reflections on the ups and downs of scientific life in general /|cCharles Tanford. 264 1 Oxford [England] ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press, |c[2004] 264 4 |c©2004 300 1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 377 7 |lScience language|2lcsh 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index. 505 0 Contents; One: Introduction; Two: Benjamin Franklin; Three : Friends and Influences; Four: The French Connection; Five: Pliny the Elder; Six: Eighteenth-Century Science; Seven: Franklin's Experiment: The Observation; Eight: How Small Is a Molecule? The Calculation Franklin Did Not Make; Nine: One Hundred Years Later. Science Comes of Age; Ten: Lord Rayleigh; Eleven: Meticulous Miss Pockels; Twelve: Comrades in the Search. The Flavor of Late Nineteenth-Century Physics; Thirteen: Ben Franklin Wonders Why (Molecular Interpretation); Fourteen: In Praise of Water. 505 8 Fifteen: Irving Langmuir: Molecular AttitudesSixteen: Biology-Cells and Membranes; Seventeen: Ernest Overton- Gentle Genius; Eighteen: Gorter and Grendel: A Factor of Two; Nineteen: Epilogue-The Biological Frontier; Bibliography; Index. 520 Benjamin Franklin, the 18th-century American statesman and scientist, watched the calming effect of a drop of oil on the waves and ripples of a London pond, and began to investigate exactly what was happening to cause this strange phenomenon. Following Franklin's lead, a motley crowd of scientists over the next two centuries and more chose to investigate the nature of atoms and molecules through the interaction of fluid membranes. Building on Franklin's original experiments, their. work has culminated in the discovery of the structure of cell membranes, research that continues to bear fruit to. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 10 Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n79043402|xKnowledge and learning|0https ://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011409|xScience. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007934 600 14 Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790. 600 17 Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/34115 650 0 Molecules.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85086597 650 0 Scientists|zUnited States|vBiography.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008111323 650 7 Molecules.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1024869 650 7 Scientists.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1108895 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Biographies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1919896 655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ genreForms/gf2014026049 776 08 |iPrint version:|aTanford, Charles, 1921-|tBen Franklin stilled the waves.|dOxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004|z0192804944|z9780192804945|w(DLC) 2004041559|w(OCoLC)54356694 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=192095|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20160615|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID