Article ID: CBB611359764

Curiosity and Chance (1996)

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The author recounts some stations of his professional life, which was to a large extent dedicated to active experimentation with plasma clouds in space and to the development of theoretical concepts for some intriguing plasmaphsical processes. The human and political environment of this work receives some coverage as well as his opinion of state and future of his discipline.

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Authors & Contributors
Generali, Dario
Bucchi, Massimiano
Ciancio, Luca
Dröscher, Ariane
Grant, Jonathan
Heggie, Vanessa
Journals
Journal of Geophysical Research
European Physical Journal H
Journal of Literature and Science
Publishers
Mimesis
Texas A&M University
Florida State University
Oxford University Press
Stanford University Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Personal narratives
Space research and exploration
Experiments and experimentation
Science and society
Plasma physics
Science and politics
People
Beckett, Samuel
Foucault, Michel
Malpighi, Marcello
Redi, Francesco
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
20th century
17th century
18th century
Places
United States
Europe
Italy
France
Russia
Americas
Institutions
University of Arizona
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
School of Milan
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