Bad Ideas ? - An Arresting History of Our Inventions

Informationen zum Autor Robert Winston is one of Britain's best-known scientists. As Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, London, and an active researcher in reproductive physiology, he has made advances in fertility medicine. His television series including The Human Body , Child of Our Time , Human Instinct , The Story of God and A Child Against All Odds have made him a household name. He became a life peer in 1995. Klappentext A history of inventions and man's impulse to invent, which also questions the value of some of the results. A sometimes controversial view which turns traditional histories of science on their head. Zusammenfassung Inspiring, unusual and at times controversial, Bad Ideas? In so doing it celebrates man's extraordinary capacity for achievement and offers a hopeful way forward to protect humanity against what sometimes seem like bad ideas.

Product details

• Authors: Lord Robert Winston, Professor Lord Robert Winston, Robert Winston
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780553819557
• ISBN: 978-0-553-81955-7
• No. of pages: 558
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Bantam Press
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Social forecasting, future studies, Social and cultural history, History of engineering and technology, Inventions and inventors, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies