Screen LibraryScience unshackled : how obscure, abstract, seemingly useless scientific research turned out to be the basis for modern life /
"Why in the world are we paying for all this 'basic' research? The answer to this question becomes clear in this romp through the 'seemingly useless' world of pure science, where one thing leads to another in ways that result in major scientific advancements. With a novelist...
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Why in the world are we paying for all this 'basic' research? The answer to this question becomes clear in this romp through the 'seemingly useless' world of pure science, where one thing leads to another in ways that result in major scientific advancements. With a novelistic style, C. Renée James reveals how obscure studies of natural phenomena--including curved space-time, poisonous cone snails, exploding black holes, and the precise chemical makeup of the sun--led unexpectedly to WiFi, GPS, genetic sequencing, pain medications, and cancer treatments. Science Unshackled brings both scie |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 198 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781421415000 (hardcover : acid-free paper) : 1421415003 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | Q173 |
| CLC: | N1 |
| Call Number: | N1/J274 |
| Contents: | Finding ourselves. A brief history of timing ; Going with the flow ; From "Principia" to Principe ; The attraction of time ; Fine-tuning time ; Around the world in 80 hours (give or take) -- Identity crisis. One strand ; Two strands ; The first rungs of the ladder ; Interchangeable pieces ; Igniting the fuse ; Breaking down, building up ; A curious boy ; Copycat ; The molecule of the year ; The genetic bread machine -- Finding a hot spot. A universal "hot spot" ; Classic black ; A tunnel to oblivion ; Chasing wild geese ; Going wireless ; Where credit is due ; Anatomy of a successful failure |