Telling Lives in Science
Essays on Scientific Biography
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Author
Contributions
- Michael Shortland (Editor) - Contributor
- Richard Yeo (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
1996-07-13 - Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Word Count
77,250 words, Guess
Page Count
309 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7740670M
- ISBN-139780521433235
- ISBN-100521433231
- OCLC Control Number33439529
- OCLC Control Numbertellinglivesinsc0000unse
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number95047399
- Goodreads1834330
- LibraryThing6521439
Classifications
- LCCQ141 .T45 1996
Description
Telling Lives brings together a number of essays that explore the nature of scientific biography, how it developed and its impact upon the general public, and how they, the public, consequently view the world of science and scientists.
First Sentence
During the last decade an increasing number of high quality biographies of scientists have appeared on the book market - Richard Westfall's Newton study, Never at Rest, William Provine's Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology, Crosbie Smith and Norton Wise's study of Lord Kelvin and Victorian England, David Cassidy's Heisenberg biography, Geoffrey Cantor's study of Faraday, Adrian Desmond and James Moore's Darwin tome, and Frederic Holmes's first volume on Hans Krebs-just to name some of the most admirable works.
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- Telling Lives in Science
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