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Book Summary
The surprising truth behind many of the most cherished "facts" in science
history
Morse invented the telegraph, Bell the telephone, Edison the light bulb, and
Marconi the radio . . . right? Well . . . the truth is slightly more
complicated. The history of science and technology is riddled with apocrypha,
inaccuracies, and falsehoods, and physicist Tony Rothman has taken it upon
himself to throw a monkey wrench into the works. Combining a storyteller's gifts
with a scientist's focus and hardheaded devotion to the facts-such as they may
be-Rothman breaks down many of the most famous "just-so" stories of physics,
astronomy, chemistry, biology, and technology to give
ISBN-13
9780471202578
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Publishing Date
2003-09-01
Product Edition
HRD
Everything's Relative: And Other Fables from Science and Technology
The surprising truth behind many of the most cherished "facts" in science
history
Morse invented the telegraph, Bell the telephone, Edison the light bulb, and
Marconi the radio . . . right? Well . . . the truth is slightly more
complicated. The history of science and technology is riddled with apocrypha,
inaccuracies, and falsehoods, and physicist Tony Rothman has taken it upon
himself to throw a monkey wrench into the works. Combining a storyteller's gifts
with a scientist's focus and hardheaded devotion to the facts-such as they may
be-Rothman breaks down many of the most famous "just-so" stories of physics,
astronomy, chemistry, biology, and technology to give