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Science unshackled: how obscure, abstract, seemingly useless scientific research turned out to be the basis for modern life
Science unshackled: how obscure, abstract, seemingly useless scientific research turned out to be the basis for modern life
Author
James, C. Renée
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date
2014.
Language
English
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Syndetics Unbound
Subjects
Subjects
Applikation
Miscellanea
Research
Research -- Miscellanea
Science
Science -- Miscellanea
Wissenschaftlicher Fortschritt
Wissenschaftspolitik
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A brief history of timing
Going with the flow
From principia to principe
The attraction of time
Fine tuning time
Around the world in 80 hours (give or take)
Identity crisis
One strand
Two strands
The first rungs of the ladder
Interchangeable pieces
Igniting the fuse
Breaking down, building up
A curious boy
Copycat
The molecule of the year
The genetic bread machine
Finding a hot spot
A universal "hot spot"
Classic black
A tunnel to oblivion
Chasing wild geese
Going wireless
Heated debates and hot spots
Anatomy of a successful failure
Pick your poison
Desperate times, desperate measures
Barking up the right tree
The inside story on pain
A bitter sting
A simple question
The gift of the magus
Dreaming of getting the star treatment
Ingredients of the stars
The sun's secret recipe
Reading between the lines
Through a star darkly
The opacity project
The iron lady and the gold standard
The star treatment.
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9781421415000
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