Promoting the Planck Club how defiant youth, irreverent researchers and liberated universities can foster prosperity indefinitely / by Donald W. Braben.
| Author/creator | Braben, D. W. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2014] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Accidents, coincidences and the luck of the draw : how Benjamin Thompson and Humphry Davy enabled Michael Faraday to electrify the world -- Science, technology and economic growth : can their magical relationships be controlled? -- Max Planck : a reluctant revolutionary with a hunger of the soul -- Physics golden age : "Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive/But to be young was very heaven" -- Oswald T Avery : a modest diminutive introverted scientific heavyweight -- Barbara Mcclintock (1902-1992) : a patient integrating maverick interpreter of living systems -- Charles Townes : a meticulously careful scientific adventurer -- Carl Woese : a staunch advocate for classical biology. Molecular biologists can read the notes in the score but they can't hear the music? -- Peter Mitchell : a high-minded creative and courageous bioenergetics accountant -- Harry Kroto : an artistic adventurous chemist with a flair for astrophysics -- John Mattick : a prominent critic of dogma and a pioneer of the idea that genomes contain hidden sources of regulation -- Conclusions: How we can foster prosperity indefinitely. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Braben, D. W., author. Promoting the Planck Club Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2014] 9781118546420 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013043515 |
| ISBN | 9781118546383 (ePub) |
| ISBN | 9781118546369 (Adobe PDF) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |