Published 2016 by Prometheus Books
The Human Side of Science: Edison and Tesla, Watson and Crick, and Other Personal Stories behind Science's Big Ideas. Copyright © 2016 by Arthur W. Wiggins and Charles M. Wynn Sr. Illustrations © 2016 by Sidney Harris. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
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Cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris
Cover design by Liz Scinta
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Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn (from Wikimedia Commons, user Pieter Kuiper)
Watson and Crick (© A. Barrington Brown / Science Source)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wiggins, Arthur W. | Wynn, Charles M. | Harris, Sidney.
Title: The human side of science : Edison and Tesla, Watson and Crick, and other personal stories behind science's big ideas / by Arthur W. Wiggins and Charles M. Wynn Sr. ; with cartoon commentary by Sidney Harris.
Description: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016007462 (print) | LCCN 2016017606 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633881563 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781633881570 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Science--Anecdotes. | Discoveries in science--Anecdotes. | Scientists--Anecdotes.
Classification: LCC Q167 .W54 2016 (print) | LCC Q167 (ebook) | DDC 509.2/2--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016007462
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