They Called Me Mad: Genius, Madness, and the Scientists Who Pushed the Outer Limits of Knowledge
ISBN-13:
9780425236963
ISBN-10:
042523696X
Edition:
Original
Author:
John Monahan
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Format:
Paperback
304 pages
Category:
Evolution
,
History & Philosophy
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ISBN-13:
9780425236963
ISBN-10:
042523696X
Edition:
Original
Author:
John Monahan
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Format:
Paperback
304 pages
Category:
Evolution
,
History & Philosophy
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They Called Me Mad: Genius, Madness, and the Scientists Who Pushed the Outer Limits of Knowledge (ISBN-13: 9780425236963 and ISBN-10: 042523696X), written by authors
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Discover the true genius behind history's greatest "madmen".
From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatus remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes-eccentric real life men and women who challenged our view of the world and broke new scientific frontiers.
They Called Me Mad recounts the amazing true stories of such historical luminaries as Archimedes, the calculator of pi and creator of the world's first death ray; Isaac Newton, the world's first great scientist and the last great alchemist; Nikola Tesla, who built the precursors of robots, fluorescent lighting, and particle beam weapons before the turn of the twentieth century-and more.
From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatus remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes-eccentric real life men and women who challenged our view of the world and broke new scientific frontiers.
They Called Me Mad recounts the amazing true stories of such historical luminaries as Archimedes, the calculator of pi and creator of the world's first death ray; Isaac Newton, the world's first great scientist and the last great alchemist; Nikola Tesla, who built the precursors of robots, fluorescent lighting, and particle beam weapons before the turn of the twentieth century-and more.
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