CURIOSITY HOW SCIENCE BECAME INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING
Written by Philip Ball
Published by The Bodley Head
in 2012
ISBN: 9781847921727
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CURIOSITY HOW SCIENCE BECAME INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING
Written by Philip Ball.
Stock no. 2135672
1st.
2012.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
By examining the rise of curiosity, we can ask what has become of it today: how it functions in sciences, how it is spun and packaged and sold, how well it is being sustained and honoured, and how the changing shape of science influences the kinds of questions it may ask. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. viii and 465 pages including index. ISBN: 9781847921727. Wrapper has tiny nick to top of spine.
Front cover
Contents
- Old Questions
- The Academies of Secrets
- The Theatre of Curiosity
- The Hunt of Pan
- Professors of Everything
- More Things in Heaven and Earth
- Cosmic Disharmonies
- The First Men in the Moon
- Nature Free and Bound
- On the Head of a Pin
- The Light of Nature
- Chasing Elephants
- Professional Virtuosi, or Curiosity Served Cold