The Nearly Men
A Chronicle of Scientific Failure
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenearlymenchronic0000gree
- ISBN-100752442325
- ISBN-139780752442327
- LibraryThing5655201
- Goodreads3526467
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- OCLC Control Number132318623
- Better World Books9780752442327
- Better World BooksP7-BJS-657
- Open LibraryOL10820522M
Classifications
- LCCT173.8
Description
Examines some of the most important inventions and scientific discoveries of the last four hundred years, and attempts to uncover the stories of deceit and treachery behind each of them. It looks beyond what the common reference sources tend to tell us, and aims to identify people who were truly responsible for such important technological advances as the microchip, the computer, the light bulb, the telephone, radio communication, the laws of planetary motion, and even the theory of evolution. Includes Antonio Meucci, Alan Turing, Robert Hooke, Nikola Tesla, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.--Publisher description.
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