Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes

by Walter Gratzer

Book Overview

The march of science has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, by outrageous strokes of luck, deserved and undeserved, and sometimes by human tragedy. In Eurekas and Euphorias, Walter Gratzer captures the human face of discovery as he relates many intriguing tales of scientific adventures spanning over two thousand years.
Open this book at random and you may chance on the clumsy chemist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192804030
• ISBN13: 9780192804037
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.0"