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- catalog abstract "Biologist Harold Morowitz delights in discovering scientific principles behind everyday phenomena, from doing laundry to registering a car with the department of motor vehicles. Who else but Morowitz could explain exactly what takes place every time we put a load of dirty laundry into the washer? In the essay "Thermal Underthoughts" he ponders the scientific foundations of laundry day: thermal physics, centrifugal force, and vaporization. His detailed analysis describes the way detergent is dissolved in water, the processes involved in removing soil, and the inefficiencies inherent in the conversion of water to vapor in the dryer. Not even the lint trap escapes his keen eye. Yet these pieces range far beyond the laboratory. "It is not possible to reduce all of experience to the logic of science," he says, and much of his writing engages his thoughts on philosophy, history, language, and people.".
- catalog alternative "Kindly Doctor Guillotin".
- catalog contributor b10563599.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Biologist Harold Morowitz delights in discovering scientific principles behind everyday phenomena, from doing laundry to registering a car with the department of motor vehicles. Who else but Morowitz could explain exactly what takes place every time we put a load of dirty laundry into the washer? In the essay "Thermal Underthoughts" he ponders the scientific foundations of laundry day: thermal physics, centrifugal force, and vaporization. His detailed analysis describes the way detergent is dissolved in water, the processes involved in removing soil, and the inefficiencies inherent in the conversion of water to vapor in the dryer. Not even the lint trap escapes his keen eye.".
- catalog description "The Kindly Dr. Guillotin -- The Professor -- Rapa Nui Diary -- A New Vista in Natchitoches -- Piltdown Man, Harvard Man -- Continuing Education -- Saints Nicholas -- Biological Themes in Literature -- Deconstructing Ivory Towers -- Reductionism Is Not a Dirty Word -- How Mouse Became a Verb -- Thermal Underthoughts -- The Secret of Life -- Immortality -- Proctological Truth -- Heaven, Hell, and Bioenergetics -- The Virtual World -- Hello, Dollo! -- Vermiforms -- Whose Standards? -- Atoms and Ecosystems -- The Technosphere -- An Ecological Test Tube -- Ficus -- Apocalypse -- Krill -- Arks and Genetic Bottlenecks -- A Long Line of Reasoning -- Delusions of Competence -- Charity for CEOs -- Laboratory Animals and Congress.".
- catalog description "Yet these pieces range far beyond the laboratory. "It is not possible to reduce all of experience to the logic of science," he says, and much of his writing engages his thoughts on philosophy, history, language, and people.".
- catalog extent "xi, 199 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "188717849X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint,".
- catalog subject "081 21".
- catalog subject "Q113 .M74 1997".
- catalog subject "Science.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Kindly Dr. Guillotin -- The Professor -- Rapa Nui Diary -- A New Vista in Natchitoches -- Piltdown Man, Harvard Man -- Continuing Education -- Saints Nicholas -- Biological Themes in Literature -- Deconstructing Ivory Towers -- Reductionism Is Not a Dirty Word -- How Mouse Became a Verb -- Thermal Underthoughts -- The Secret of Life -- Immortality -- Proctological Truth -- Heaven, Hell, and Bioenergetics -- The Virtual World -- Hello, Dollo! -- Vermiforms -- Whose Standards? -- Atoms and Ecosystems -- The Technosphere -- An Ecological Test Tube -- Ficus -- Apocalypse -- Krill -- Arks and Genetic Bottlenecks -- A Long Line of Reasoning -- Delusions of Competence -- Charity for CEOs -- Laboratory Animals and Congress.".
- catalog title "Kindly Doctor Guillotin".
- catalog title "The kindly Dr. Guillotin. : and other essays on science and life / Harold J. Morowitz.".
- catalog type "text".