Galileos Commandment : 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing

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ISBN: 9780716736936 | 0716736934
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Copyright: 10/18/1999

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Bolles has scoured the literature of science to build a treasury that is accessible and riveting, and therefore appealing to readers unfamiliar with science, yet erudite enough for the scientifically initiated to enjoy.

Introduction
The Scientific Imagination Examined	p. 1
Death in the Laboratory (1965)	p. 5
The Story of Algol (1927)	p. 16
A New Sense (1897)	p. 22
The New Science of Animal Behavior (1909)	p. 29
Heroic Science (1974)	p. 41
Naming the Rocks (1981)	p. 49
Chemistry Transformed (1949)	p. 53
Learning to See Through Another's Eyes (1928)	p. 63
The Misuse of Darwin (1981)	p. 71
The Case Against B. F. Skinner (1971)	p. 80
Idols of the Tribe (1620)	p. 88
The Scientific Imagination in Action	p. 93
First Look Through a Telescope (1610)	p. 97
Seashells in the Mountains (1480-1515)	p. 104
Birds of the Galapagos (1839)	p. 111
Mating Seasons (1980)	p. 116
The Creation of Egypt (444 B.C.)	p. 125
The Movement of Glaciers (1796)	p. 129
Molecules (1873)	p. 133
Radio-Activity: A New Property of Matter (1902)	p. 143
The Atoms of Activity (1924)	p. 155
Classifying the Stars (1926)	p. 161
Where Is the Center of the Universe? (1632)	p. 167
Doubting the Four Elements (1661)	p. 177
Dispute on the Nature of Light (1672)	p. 184
Obtaining Radium (1923)	p. 193
Jigsaw Continents (1929)	p. 198
The Transmutation of the Atom (1933)	p. 206
The Double Bases (1968)	p. 214
Has the Earth Already Been Visited? (1973)	p. 218
Looking for the Drift (1974)	p. 226
Looking for the Big Bang (1994)	p. 239
I Admit the Moon Has Seas (1610)	p. 245
The Importance of Isaac Newton (1733)	p. 250
The Darwinian Hypothesis (1859)	p. 257
Galton's Genetics (1909)	p. 267
Gestalt Psychology (1991)	p. 274
What Einstein Did (1925)	p. 285
A Science in Change (1953)	p. 290
The End of the Universe (1929)	p. 301
Imagery in Thought (1932)	p. 306
The Mature Personality (1937)	p. 317
The Expanding Universe (1950)	p. 322
Little Men and Flying Saucers (1953)	p. 333
Atomic Physics and Causal Law (1958)	p. 345
The Distinction of Past and Future (1965)	p. 355
The Golden Walls of Edgar Allan Poe (1987)	p. 362
Waves Without a Breeze (1986)	p. 366
Making the Observer Count (1982)	p. 370
Schrodinger's Cats and Wigner's Friends (1980)	p. 375
Preface to The Elements of Chemistry (1789)	p. 379
On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type (1859)	p. 389
The Conservation of Energy (1863)	p. 400
Two Theories of Relativity (1916)	p. 409
Style in the Scientific Imagination	p. 413
The Speed of Falling Bodies (1638)	p. 415
The Persistence of Atoms (60 B.C.)	p. 420
Food Control in Insect Societies (1928)	p. 424
Animals Courting (1943)	p. 428
The Long Snowfall (1951)	p. 439
How Ice Changed the World (1983)	p. 447
Dark Time (1987)	p. 458
Carbon (1975)	p. 469
Acknowledgments	p. 477
Name Index	p. 481
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Galileos Commandment : 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing

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