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- catalog abstract ""In a discipline so firmly rooted in empirical data, it's surprising to discover how the history of science can be so riddled by apocrypha, inaccuracies, and blatant falsehoods. In Everything's Relative, writer and physicist Tony Rothman sets the record straight once and for all, giving credit where credit is due by debunking centuries of commonly held beliefs embedded throughout science and technology's illustrious, albeit distorted, history." "Each anecdote clearly reveals how unique discoveries are the exception, rather than the rule. Discoveries almost always take place simultaneously or are built upon a predecessor's breakthrough ... usually without acknowledgment."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12982501.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In a discipline so firmly rooted in empirical data, it's surprising to discover how the history of science can be so riddled by apocrypha, inaccuracies, and blatant falsehoods. In Everything's Relative, writer and physicist Tony Rothman sets the record straight once and for all, giving credit where credit is due by debunking centuries of commonly held beliefs embedded throughout science and technology's illustrious, albeit distorted, history." "Each anecdote clearly reveals how unique discoveries are the exception, rather than the rule. Discoveries almost always take place simultaneously or are built upon a predecessor's breakthrough ... usually without acknowledgment."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "I. The Domain of Physics and Astronomy 1 -- II. The Domain of Technology 105 -- III. The Domain of Chemistry and Biology 193 -- IV. The Domain of Mathematics: Closed for Renovation 233.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 272 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Everything's relative.".
- catalog identifier "0471202576".
- catalog isFormatOf "Everything's relative.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Everything's relative.".
- catalog subject "509 21".
- catalog subject "Q125 .R763 2003".
- catalog subject "Science History Miscellanea.".
- catalog subject "Technology History Miscellanea.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. The Domain of Physics and Astronomy 1 -- II. The Domain of Technology 105 -- III. The Domain of Chemistry and Biology 193 -- IV. The Domain of Mathematics: Closed for Renovation 233.".
- catalog title "Everything's relative : and other fables from science and technology / Tony Rothman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Miscellanea. fast".
- catalog type "text".