Mission to Abisko : stories and myths in the creation of scientific "truth" / edited by John L. Casti, Anders Karlqvist.
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| Language: | English |
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Reading, MA :
Perseus Books,
1999.
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| Physical Description: | viii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Stories and myths in the creation of scientific "truth" |
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Contents:
- Analogy of nature John D. Barrow; Proving the dream Greg Bear; Beyond this horizon: envisioning the next century, or stories of our (preventable?) future(s) Gregory Benford; Cambridge quintet: the chronicle John L. Casti; Becoming Maureen-a story of development Jack Cohen; Algorithmic and ascetic storytelling: alternative approaches to imagination and reality Per-A. Johnson; Einstein at the amusement park: the public story of relativity in Swedish culture Kjell Jonsson; Telling science Anders Karlqvist; Frankenstein's daughter Paul J. McAuley; Mission to Abisko Larry Niven; Secret narratives of mathematics Ian Stewart.