Great scientific experiments : twenty experiments that changed our view of the world /

These vividly recounted tales of human skill and ingenuity offer fascinating views of the correlation between theories, practical inquiries, ideas, and facts. Re-created strictly on the basis of the original publication in which the results were first announced, the scrupulously accurate retellings...

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Autor principal: Harré, Rom.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, c2002.
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