Serendipity : the unexpected in science
Telmo Pievani
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
| Originaltittel | [ Serendipità. .] English
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| Omfang | sider
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| Opplysninger | Archimedes, a King in Need of Healing, and Three Princes from Serendip: The Travels of an Oriental Fable -- Junk, Auxiliary Virtues, and Other Clutter: Story of a Misunderstanding of -- Success -- Tears, Moulds, Melons, and Lots of Collodion: The Science of the Unexpected -- Scientific Adventurers Sail Uncharted Seas: The Ecology of Serendipity -- Prey, Predators, and Retrospective Prophecies: The Science of Sherlock Holmes -- Butterflies, Jellyfish, Mushrooms, and Unattainable Goals: Nature Is Bigger than Our Knowledge -- Painting a Landscape and Only Then Opening the Window: The Strangest and Most Profound Serendipity.. - "In science, it frequently happens that researchers look for something and find something else: understanding why leads us to the heart of how scientific method works and to the root of its wonder"--
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| ISBN | 9780262049153
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