OXFORD DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC QUOTATIONS; ED. BY W.F. BYNUM

The original words announcing great scientific discoveries, from the first 'Eureka!' to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, can all be found in this fascinating new collection, a major addition to the world-famous 'Oxford Quotations' range. An essential reference tool, put together over 15 years with the assistance of a distinguished team of specialist advisers, it includes full author descriptions, exact sources, and a word-finding index for easy reference. Scholarly but accessible, it also presents the human face of science, as scientists reflect on achievements and failures in their own lives and those of others. Darwin not only describes natural selection, but carefully assesses the pros and cons of marriage, while James Clerk Maxwell constructs an electric but poetic Valentine as well as his 'demon'. From Archimedes to Einstein and beyond, the Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations charts the progress of the great ideas of science. The original words announcing great scientific discoveries, from the first 'Eureka!' to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, can all be found in this fascinating new collection, a major addition to the world-famous 'Oxford Quotations' range. An essential reference tool, put together over 15 years with the assistance of a distinguished team of specialist advisers, it includes full author descriptions, exact sources, and a word-finding index for easy reference. Scholarly but accessible, it also presents the human face of science, as scientists reflect on achievements and failures in their own lives and those of others. Darwin not only describes natural selection, but carefully assesses the pros and cons of marriage, while James Clerk Maxwell constructs an electric but poetic Valentine as well as his 'demon'. (Midwest) "This collection charts the progress of the great ideas of science. Ten or twenty aptly-chosen quotations taken from the writings of a great scientist can genuinely provide a digest of their most important scientific perceptions and findings. Enquire within to find the key passages from Darwin's Origin of Species and Newton's Principia Mathematica, the letters of Michael Faraday, the writings of Galileo, and Watson and Crick's famous paper on 'Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids', to name but a few." "It includes quotations not just by scientists but by non-scientists about science. It thereby affords a wider picture of the metaphysical, social, cultural, and artistic standing of science down the ages, from classical times to today's world." "Compiled over 15 years with the assistance of a distinguished team of specialist advisers, the Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations includes full author descriptions, exact sources, and a word-finding index for easy reference."--Jacket