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Leaps in the Dark
In Leaps in the Dark, John Waller presents another collection of revelations from the world of science. He considers experiments in which the scientists' awareness was not perhaps as keen as they might have claimed in retrospect; he investigates the jealousy and opposition that scientific ideas can provoke; he celebrates the scientists who were wrong, but for very good reasons; and he demonstrates how national interest can affect scientists and their theories. The result is an entertaining and highly readable re-examination of scientific discoveries and reputations from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. The tales in Leaps in the Dark range across a wide historical field, from a seventeenth-century witch-finder, Joseph Glanvill, to Sir Robert Watson-Watt, the self-proclaimed 'Father of radar'. Each story underscores the rich, fascinating complexity of scientific discovery. Writing in a clear and engaging style, and skilfully weaving history in with the science, John Waller brings these scientists to life, illustrating how their work and their discoveries influenced their careers and the wider world around them.
Fabulous Science
The great biologist Louis Pasteur suppressed 'awkward' data because it didn't support the case he was making. John Snow, the 'first epidemiologist' was doing nothing others had not done before. Gregor Mendel, the supposed 'founder of genetics' never grasped the fundamental principles of 'Mendelian' genetics. Joseph Lister's famously clean hospital wards were actually notorious dirty. And Einstein's general relativity was only 'confirmed' in 1919 because an eminent British scientist cooked his figures. These are just some of the revelations explored in this book. Drawing on current history of science scholarship, Fabulous Science shows that many of our greatest heroes of science were less tha...
Register of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers, Regular and Reserve, of the United States Navy and Marine Corps
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Heredity
John Waller describes the changing ideas concerning heredity from antiquity to the modern biological understanding, considering both the efforts over the centuries to identify the physiological mechanisms involved and how views of heredity have been used to justify or condemn inequalities of class, gender, and race.
Register of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers, Regular and Reserve, of the United States Navy
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Breeding
John Waller presents a history of one of the most important concepts in western thought: heredity. Tracing the development of our understanding of inheritance from the ancient Greeks to the advance of modern genetics, he presents the story of a remarkable set of scientific achievements.
Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and Reserve Officers on Active Duty
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Hand-book Almanac for the Pacific States
Contains calendar, tides, and almanac information; listing of federal and departmental officials, legislators, and judges; California state and county information and officials; and for Oregon and Washington; and one brief essay. Edition for 1864 includes Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, British Columbia, and Vancouver. With advertising.
