The Engineer and the Scandal: A Piece of Science History
Book Details
Author(s)
Reint de Boer
Publisher
Springer
ISBN / ASIN
3642062067
ISBN-13
9783642062063
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#8,668,375
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Description
Offers an eye-opening and revealing look into an interpersonal/scientific conflict involving the ‘Father of Modern Soil Mechanics’ Karl von Terzaghi.
Exemplifies the ‘human side’ of science in which, sometimes, the prominence of a theorist and the inertia of the ‘accepted wisdom’ can inhibit progress and rational discussion of the facts.
More than 100 illustrations combine with historical details in the text to evoke a vivid picture of the lost era of pre-WWII Vienna.
