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John Monahan

They Called Me Mad

Genius, Madness, and the Scientists Who Pushed the Outer Limits of Knowledge

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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 deat… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-425-23696-3
  • EAN: 9780425236963
  • Produktnummer: 19433700
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.

Über den Autor


John Monahan is a science writer, teacher, and author of the book They Called Me Mad: Genius, Madness, and the Scientists Who Pushed the Outer Limits of Knowledge. He lives and works in Baltimore. His very popular blog, Mad4Science, can be found at mad4science.wordpress.com.

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