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 .
Summary:
"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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.