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Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Index to Short Stories
Author: The Critic
Author: Jeannette Leonard GilderPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Blinders, Blunders, and Wars
Author: David C. GompertPublisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN: 0833087789
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The history of wars caused by misjudgments, from Napoleon’s invasion of Russia to America’s invasion of Iraq, reveals that leaders relied on cognitive models that were seriously at odds with objective reality. Blinders, Blunders, and Wars analyzes eight historical examples of strategic blunders regarding war and peace and four examples of decisions that turned out well, and then applies those lessons to the current Sino-American case.
Air-bird in the Water
Author: Mildred Davis HardingPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838636480
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
In this book, author Mildred Davis Harding rescues from undeserved neglect Pearl Craigie, the American-born English author "John Oliver Hobbes" (1867-1906) and her works.
The Nineteenth Century and After
Author: Lord Blunder's Confession
Author: James MillerPublisher:
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Category : Ballad operas
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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The Twentieth Century
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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Brilliant Blunders
Author: Mario LivioPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439192383
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Drawing on the lives of five great scientists, this “scholarly, insightful, and beautifully written book” (Martin Rees, author of From Here to Infinity) illuminates the path to scientific discovery. Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein all made groundbreaking contributions to their fields—but each also stumbled badly. Darwin’s theory of natural selection shouldn’t have worked, according to the prevailing beliefs of his time. Lord Kelvin gravely miscalculated the age of the earth. Linus Pauling, the world’s premier chemist, constructed an erroneous model for DNA in his haste to beat the competition to publication. Astrophysicist Fred Hoyle dismissed the idea of a “Big Bang” origin to the universe (ironically, the caustic name he gave to this event endured long after his erroneous objections were disproven). And Albert Einstein speculated incorrectly about the forces of the universe—and that speculation opened the door to brilliant conceptual leaps. As Mario Livio luminously explains in this “thoughtful meditation on the course of science itself” (The New York Times Book Review), these five scientists expanded our knowledge of life on earth, the evolution of the earth, and the evolution of the universe, despite and because of their errors. “Thoughtful, well-researched, and beautifully written” (The Washington Post), Brilliant Blunders is a wonderfully insightful examination of the psychology of five fascinating scientists—and the mistakes as well as the achievements that made them famous.
The Nation
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Author: Great Britain. ParliamentPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
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