Curiosity : how science became interested in everything
Record details
- ISBN: 9780226045795 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- ISBN: 022604579X (cloth : alkaline paper)
- ISBN: 9780226045825 (e-book)
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Physical Description:
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viii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Copyright: �2012
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published by Bodley Head, 2012. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-453) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Science History Popular works Curiosity |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | Q 125 .B35 2013 | 30775305464951 | General Collection | Available | - |