Entropy and the Magic Flute

About this book

An eminent scientist's reflections on the work of famous scientists.

Contents

Part One; Entropy and the magic flute; The perversion of J. Willard Gibbs, les Atomes, Triscentennial, Albertus Magnus, Fundamental laws of nature; Part Two; jesus, Moses, Aristotle, and Laboratory Animals; Tubes; Humans, animals, and physicians' waiting rooms; The oath; Autism and authority; the missing volumes; he smoking gun; Part Three; Just say no; The fromagification of America; Killer cheese; a bioenergeticist's revenge; A two-coffee culture; Deliver us; Part Four; Roots of a American tail; Justice; The sidewalks of New York; Brighten the corner where you are; Nixon and thermodynamics; George Mason, one of our really great men; Part Five; Koobi Fora; Clitoridectomy; Mammals I have known; Daibutsu and Descartes; Taitami taxonomy; Madan Pele; The sociology of Palo Alto coffee shops; Part Six; Dirty Neoplatonists; Quadrivial pursuits; Twenty books clad in black and red; The litmus test; Expertise; The afternoon session; Literati; Potlatch; Part Seven; What is Life?; Brekekekex; A rose by any other name.

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