Book ID: CBB001450601

Drive and Curiosity: What Fuels the Passion for Science (2011)

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Hargittai, István (Author)


Prometheus Books


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 338 pp.; ill.
Language: English

ncovers a singular personality characteristic, motivational factor, or circumstance that, in addition to their extraordinary drive and curiosity, led fifteen eminent scientists to achieve some of the most notable discoveries of the twentieth century

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Authors & Contributors
Collins, Harry M.
Gordon, Richard L.
James, Frank A.J.L.
Johnston, Sean F.
Kampourakis, Kostas
Karp, Alexander
Journals
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
British Journal for the History of Science
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education
Publishers
Taylor & Francis
Cambridge University Press
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Brill
Gale Group
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Science and society
Discovery in science
Science education and teaching
Science and religion
Physics
Public understanding of science
People
Einstein, Albert
Faraday, Michael
Galilei, Galileo
Linnaeus, Carolus
Luther, Martin
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
17th century
14th century
Places
Russia
Great Britain
Europe
Portugal
United States
Barcelona (Spain)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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