Guerrilla science : survival strategies of a Cuban physicist /: survival strategies of a Cuban physicist. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ernesto Altshuler.
• Authors: Altshuler, Ernesto
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Guerrilla Science; 2 The Chinese Connection; 2.1 From Vortices to Grains; 2.2 Debugging Granular Piles; 2.3 Are Avalanches Predictable?; Bibliography; 3 Strange Phenomena in Cuban Sands; 3.1 Echoes of a Failed Class Demonstration: The Revolving Rivers; 3.2 An Open Problem in Three Steps; 3.3 Uphill Bumps: Moving Against the Flow; Bibliography; 4 Lab-in-a-Bucket: Low Budget Experiments in the Solar System; 4.1 Infinite Penetration into Granular Matter; 4.2 Going Wireless Finds Its Match; 4.2.1 Lab-in-a-Bucket, Reloaded; Bibliography; 5 Garbage Experiments. 5.1 A Transverse Point of View5.2 Sink Versus Tilt: The Role of Foundations; Bibliography; 6 A Reason to Drink Coca Cola; 6.1 The "Granular Vesicle Effect": A Frustrating Experiment; 6.2 While Biding My Time: The Birth of the Vibrot; 6.3 And Now What?; Bibliography; 7 Should We Be a Little Afraid to Urinate?; Bibliography; 8 Smarter Than Bibijaguas; 8.1 A Model for Ant Foraging; 8.2 Foragers Under Attack; 8.3 Symmetry Breaking in Escaping Ants; Bibliography; Annex A: How Grains Influence Weak Links in Ceramic Superconductors; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 147 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530.092; Physics; Physicists -- Cuba -- Biography; Physics -- Cuba; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; Physicists; Physics; Physics; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education; Popular Science in Physics; Popular Life Sciences; Condensed Matter Physics; Entomology; Science -- Physics; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Science -- Solid State Physics; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology; Impact of science & technology on society; Physics; Life sciences: general issues; Materials / States of matter; Insects (entomology); Entomology; History of science; Cuba; Electronic books; Biography; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319516240; 3319516248
• Related ISBNs: 9783319516226; 3319516221
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 28, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.