Book Details

Quirky Sides of Scientists : True Tales of Ingenuity and Error From Physics and Astronomy

Publication year: 2007

: 978-0-387-71019-8

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This enlightening book clearly demonstrates that the greatest minds throughout history arrived at their famous scientific theories in very unorganized ways. A theme running throughout the book is the notion that what is obvious today was not so in the past.


: Physics and Astronomy, Albert Einstein, Astronomy history, Experiment, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Physics history, Science history, Science methodology, Scientific Revolution, astronomy