{"product_id":"ben-franklin-stilled-the-waves-an-informal-history-of-pouring-oil-on-water-with-reflections-on-the-ups-and-downs-of-scientific-life-in-general-0192804944","title":"Ben Franklin Stilled the Waves: An Informal History of Pouring Oil on Water with Reflections on the Ups and Downs of Scientific Life in General","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0192804944\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tanford, Charles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin was the first to report the phenomenon of oil's power to still troubled waters and to speculate on why it happened. A century later Lord Rayleigh performed an identical experiment. Irving Langmuir did it with minor variations in 1917, and won a Nobel Prize for it. Then Langmuir's work was followed by a Dutch pediatrician's in 1925. ^p Each experimenter saw a little more in the result than his predecessor had seen, and the sciences of physics, chemistry and biology have all been illuminated by the work. ^p Charles Tanford reflects on the evolving nature of science and of individual scientists. Recounting innovations in each trial, he follows the classic experiment from Franklin's drawing room to our present-day institutionalized scientific establishments and speculates on the ensuing changes in our approach to scientific inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666649252128,"sku":"NEW0192804944","price":34.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81IIMuqcZEL.jpg?v=1778943501","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/ben-franklin-stilled-the-waves-an-informal-history-of-pouring-oil-on-water-with-reflections-on-the-ups-and-downs-of-scientific-life-in-general-0192804944","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}