Guerrilla Science Survival Strategies of a Cuban Physicist By: Ernesto Altshuler Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319516226, 3319516221 eText ISBN: 9783319516240, 3319516248 Copyright year: 2017 Format: PDF Available from $ 39.99 USD SKU: 9783319516240 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. SKU: 9783319516226 Ebooks here: https://ebookscoffee.sellpass.io/products/Guerrilla-Science
