Brilliant blunders : from Darwin to Einstein : colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life and the universe
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439192375 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1439192375 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
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341 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition
- Publisher: New York, London : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: 2013. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-323) and index. |
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Subject: | Errors, Scientific |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | Q 172.5 .E77 L58 2014 | 30775305472228 | General Collection | Available | - |
Author Notes
Brilliant Blunders : From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
Mario Livio was born in 1945 in Romania. When he was 5 years old, he immigrated with his grandparents to Israel. He received undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a M.Sc. degree in theoretical particle physics at the Weizmann Institute, and a Ph.D. in theoretical astrophysics at Tel-Aviv University. He was a professor of physics at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology from 1981 until 1991. He is a senior astrophysicist at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. He has published over 400 scientific papers. He has also written several books including The Accelerating Universe, The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved, Is God a Mathematician?, and Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe. The Golden Ratio received the International Pythagoras Prize and the Peano Prize. (Bowker Author Biography)