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Rigelsford, J. (2003), "Laws and Models: Science, Engineering and Technology", Sensor Review, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.2003.08723aae.003
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Laws and Models: Science, Engineering and Technology
Laws and Models: Science, Engineering and Technology
Carl W. HallCRC Press2000524 pp.ISBN 0-8493-2018-6£43.99 paperback
Keywords: Law, Science, Engineering, Technology
“Laws and Models: Science, Engineering and Technology” is a highly readable reference text, which presents over 1,500 laws, principles, theorems, canons, equations, axioms and models.
The book provides an introduction to laws and models, an useful list of physical constants and what is possibly the first recorded physical law. Contributions to science by well known names including Pythagoras, Galileo, Newton, Darwin and Murphy (Murphy’s Law – composed in 1949 by Edward A. Murphy Jr, an American Engineer) can be found alongside the less familiar names of Chossat (Chossat Law, 1843 by French physiologist Charles Jacques Etienne Chossat), Dyar (Dyar Law, by American biologist Harrison G. Dyar), Loeb (Loeb Phenomenon, by German-American physiologist Jacques Loeb) and Vulpian (Vulpian Laws, by French physician Edme Felix Alfred Vulpian).
Overall, this is a clearly illustrated and well written reference text, covering aspects of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering. It is suitable for anyone with an interest in science and the history of science.
Jon Rigelsford