Curiosity : how science became interested in everything
Ball, Philip, 1962-2013
Book
Explores the evolution of curiosity from stigma to scientific stimulus through a look at the inventions and discoveries made between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and details how curiosity functions in science today.
Main title:
Curiosity : how science became interested in everything / Philip Ball.
Author:
Imprint:
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Collation:
viii, 465 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published by Bodley Head, 2012.Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-453) and index.
Linking notes:
Ball, Philip, 1962- Curiosity. London : Bodley Head, 2012.
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.
ISBN:
9780226045795 (cloth alkaline paper)
Dewey class:
509
LC class:
Q125
Language:
English
BRN:
218130
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 509 BALL | On loan - Due: 22 Jul 2026 |