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001 2007925263
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050 00 $aQ172.5.E77$bT67 2007
100 1 $aTopper, David.
245 10 $aQuirky sides of scientists :$btrue tales of ingenuity and error from physics and astronomy /$cDavid R. Topper.
260 $aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2007.
300 $axiii, 210 p. :$bill ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
500 $aPopular treatment.
505 0 $aTenacity and stubbornness: Einstein on theory and experiment -- Convergence or coincidence: ancient measurements of the sun and moon, how far? -- The rationality of simplicity: Copernicus on planetary motion -- A silence of scientists: Venus's brightness, Earth's precession, and the nebula of Orion -- Progress through error: stars and quasars, how big, how far? -- The data fit the model but the model is wrong: Kepler and the structure of the cosmos -- Art illustrates science: Galileo, a blemished moon, and a parabola of blood -- Ensnared in circles: Galileo and the law of projectile motion -- Aesthetics and holism: Newton on light, color, and music -- Missing one's own discovery: Newton and the first idea of an artificial satellite -- A change of mind: Newton and the comet(s?) of 1680 and 1681 -- A well-nigh discovery: Einstein and the expanding universe.
650 0 $aErrors, Scientific.
650 0 $aPhysics$xResearch$xHistory.
650 0 $aAstronomy$xResearch$xHistory.