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Science Without the Boring Bits: A Curious Chronology of Discovery, Invention and Wild Speculation
Science Without the Boring Bits A Curious Chronology of Discovery Invention and Wild Speculation
Author: Ian Crofton
Forget Boyle's law, polymer chains, cellular respiration and fields of force - here's all the really interesting stuff you never learnt during science lessons at school. But this isn't fantasy, this is hard fact: Fact: The stethoscope owes its invention in 1816 to a young doctor who was too embarrassed to put his ear to a young woman's chest; Fa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781848660564
ISBN-10: 1848660561
Publication Date: 9/2/2010
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Book Type: Hardcover
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