Quirky Sides of Scientists

1. Tenacity and Stubbornness: Einstein on Theory and Experiment
David R. Topper

2. Convergence or Coincidence: Ancient Measurements of the Sun and Moon—How Far?
David R. Topper

3. The Rationality of Simplicity: Copernicus on Planetary Motion
David R. Topper

4. The Silence of Scientists: Venus’s Brightness, Earth’s Precession, and the Nebula in Orion
David R. Topper

5. Progress Through Error: Stars and Quasars—How Big, How Far?
David R. Topper

6. The Data Fit the Model but the Model is Wrong: Kepler and the Structure of the Cosmos
David R. Topper

7. Art Illustrates Science: Galileo, a Blemished Moon, and a Parabola of Blood
David R. Topper

8. Ensnared in Circles: Galileo and the Law of Projectile Motion
David R. Topper

9. Aesthetics and Holism: Newton on Light, Color, and Music
David R. Topper

10. Missing One’s Own Discovery Newton and the First Idea of an Artificial Satellite
David R. Topper

11. A Change of Mind: Newton and the Comet(s?) of 1680 and 1681
David R. Topper

12. A Well-Nigh Discovery: Einstein and the Expanding Universe
David R. Topper

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Physics SCI055000