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Guerrilla Science
Survival Strategies of a Cuban Physicist
Buch von Ernesto Altshuler
Sprache: Englisch

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Full of drama, dedication, and humor, this book narrates the author¿s often frustrating experiences working as an experimental physicist in Cuba after the disintegration of the so-called socialist block. Lacking finance and infrastructure, faced with makeshift equipment, unpredictable supplies, and unreliable IT, Altshuler tells how he and his students overcame numerous challenges to make novel and interesting contributions to several fields of science. Along the way, he explains the science - from studies of ant colonies to superconductivity - either qualitatively or quantitatively, but always at a level fully understandable to an undergraduate student of natural sciences or engineering. An even wider audience, however, may skip the technical sections without missing the essence. With numerous anecdotes, photographs and the author¿s own delightful cartoons, the book tells a remarkable, and often amusing story of how successful science can be performed against all odds.
Full of drama, dedication, and humor, this book narrates the author¿s often frustrating experiences working as an experimental physicist in Cuba after the disintegration of the so-called socialist block. Lacking finance and infrastructure, faced with makeshift equipment, unpredictable supplies, and unreliable IT, Altshuler tells how he and his students overcame numerous challenges to make novel and interesting contributions to several fields of science. Along the way, he explains the science - from studies of ant colonies to superconductivity - either qualitatively or quantitatively, but always at a level fully understandable to an undergraduate student of natural sciences or engineering. An even wider audience, however, may skip the technical sections without missing the essence. With numerous anecdotes, photographs and the author¿s own delightful cartoons, the book tells a remarkable, and often amusing story of how successful science can be performed against all odds.
Über den Autor

Ernesto Altshuler graduated from the University of Havana in 1986, and defended there his PhD in Physics in 1994 - at the peak of the economic crisis associated with the disintegration of the Soviet block. Since 1982 he has undertaken original research in the fields of magnetism, superconductivity, granular matter, social insects, bacterial dynamics, and a variety of other subjects.

Zusammenfassung

A unique and captivating story told with typical Cuban humor

Bears witness to the tenacity and inventiveness of ill-equipped scientists

Numerous anecdotes and delightful cartoons complement the unconventional but fascinating science

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Guerrilla Science.- The Chinese Connection.- Strange Phenomena in Cuban Sands.- Lab-in-a-Bucket: Low Budget Experiments on the Solar System.- Garbage Experiments.- A Reason to Drink Coca Cola.- Should We Be a Little Afraid of Urinating?.- Smarter than Bibijaguas.- Annex: How Grains Influence Weak Links in Ceramic Superconductors.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Physik, Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: x
147 S.
21 s/w Illustr.
50 farbige Illustr.
147 p. 71 illus.
50 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783319516226
ISBN-10: 3319516221
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Altshuler, Ernesto
Auflage: 1st edition 2017
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 241 x 160 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Ernesto Altshuler
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.03.2017
Gewicht: 0,442 kg
Artikel-ID: 108751027
Über den Autor

Ernesto Altshuler graduated from the University of Havana in 1986, and defended there his PhD in Physics in 1994 - at the peak of the economic crisis associated with the disintegration of the Soviet block. Since 1982 he has undertaken original research in the fields of magnetism, superconductivity, granular matter, social insects, bacterial dynamics, and a variety of other subjects.

Zusammenfassung

A unique and captivating story told with typical Cuban humor

Bears witness to the tenacity and inventiveness of ill-equipped scientists

Numerous anecdotes and delightful cartoons complement the unconventional but fascinating science

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Guerrilla Science.- The Chinese Connection.- Strange Phenomena in Cuban Sands.- Lab-in-a-Bucket: Low Budget Experiments on the Solar System.- Garbage Experiments.- A Reason to Drink Coca Cola.- Should We Be a Little Afraid of Urinating?.- Smarter than Bibijaguas.- Annex: How Grains Influence Weak Links in Ceramic Superconductors.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Physik, Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: x
147 S.
21 s/w Illustr.
50 farbige Illustr.
147 p. 71 illus.
50 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783319516226
ISBN-10: 3319516221
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Altshuler, Ernesto
Auflage: 1st edition 2017
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 241 x 160 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Ernesto Altshuler
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.03.2017
Gewicht: 0,442 kg
Artikel-ID: 108751027
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