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02773aam a2200313 a 4500 001 EBA4D552B93611E2BB6A627EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 110725s2011 enk 000 j eng 010 $a 2012358186 020 $a 1905583338 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781905583331 (pbk.) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d CDX $d WSL $d BWX $d YUS $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN6071.S3 $b L59 2011 245 00 $a Litmus : $b short stories from modern science / edited by Ra Page. 260 $a Manchester : $b Comma, $c 2011. 300 $a xiii, 298 p. ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a "Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here. This anthology draws out and distills science's love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories, and delving into the humanity of theorists and experimenters as they stood on the brink of momentous discoveries: from Joseph Swan's original light-bulb moment to the uncovering of 'mirror neurons' lighting up empathy zones in the human brain; from Einstein's revelation on a Bern tram, to Pavlov's identification of personality types thanks to a freak flood in his St. Petersburg lab. Each story has been written in close consultation with scientists and historians and is accompanied by a specially written afterword, expanding on the science for the general reader."--Publisher description. 505 0 $a The pitch / Frank Cottrell Boyce -- Patience / Emma Jane Unsworth -- Swan, 1914 / Sean O'Brien -- The special theory / Michael Jecks -- Everything is moving, everything is joined / Stella Duffy -- The woman who measured the heavens with a span / Sara Maitland -- What kind of dog / Annie Clarkson -- Crystal night / Zoe Lambert -- Morphogenesis / Jane Rogers -- The heart of Denis Noble / Alison MacLeod -- We are all made of protein / Tania Hershman -- In search of silence / Adam Marek -- Living with insects / Maggie Gee -- Bride Hill / Kate Clanchy -- What if? / Christine Poulson -- Monkey see, monkey do / Trevor Hoyle -- That is the day / Sarah Hall . 650 0 $a Discoveries in science $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Short stories, English $y 21st century. 700 1 $a Page, Ra, $d 1972- 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125031202.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826061632.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20130510010430.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBA4D552B93611E2BB6A627EDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search