AuthorBall, Philip, 1962-
TitleCuriosity : how science became interested in everything / Philip Ball
Imprint London : Bodley Head, 2012
Descript 465 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

CONTENT

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 curitosity served cold


SUBJECT

  1. Science -- History -- Popular works
  2. Curiosity

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