Untertitel:: A Piece of Science History
Verlag:: SPRINGER
Erschienen:: 12.12.2005
Seitenanzahl:: 294
ISBN:: 3540273034
EAN:: 9783540273035
Sprache:: Englisch
Format:: PDF
Schutz:: Dig. Wass.
Downloadzeit:: Maximaler Downloadzeitraum: 24 Monate

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The Engineer and the Scandal

Reint de Boer

Offers an eye-opening and revealing look into an interpersonal/scientific conflict involving the ‘Father of Modern Soil Mechanics’ Karl von Terzaghi.Exemplifies the ‘human side’ of science in which, sometimes, the prominence of a theorist and the inertia of the ‘accepted wisdom’ can inhibit progress and rational discussion of the facts.More than 100 illustrations combine with historical details in the text to evoke a vivid picture of the lost era of pre-WWII Vienna.