An edition of On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA (1998)

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An edition of On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA (1998)

On giants' shoulders

great scientists and their discoveries : from Archimedes to DNA

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"On Giants' Shoulders elucidates the milestones in the history of science, focusing on twelve individuals and their extraordinary breakthroughs. From a layman's perspective, acclaimed journalist and author Melvyn Bragg discusses the life, work, and legacy of these remarkable people with leading scientists and historians in each field, including Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Martin Rees, Oliver Sacks, John Gribbin, and Paul Davies."--BOOK JACKET.

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Wiley
Language
English
Pages
365

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Subjects

Scientists, Biography, History, Science, Discoveries in science, Biografie, Naturwissenschaftler, Fiction, general, Science, history, Scientists, biography, Inventors, Sciences, Histoire

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Cover of: On Giants' Shoulders
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA
August 7, 2000, Wiley
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On Giants' Shoulders
February 18, 1999, Sceptre, Hodder Pb
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On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA
August 13, 1999, Wiley
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On giants' shoulders: great scientists and their discoveries : from Archimedes to DNA
1998, Wiley
in English
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On giants' shoulders: great scientists and their discoveries from Archimedes to DNA
1998, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
509.2/2, B
Library of Congress
Q141 .B777 1998, Q141 .B777 1999, Q141.B777 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 365 p. :
Number of pages
365

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OL39524M
Internet Archive
ongiantsshoulder0000brag
ISBN 10
0471357324
LCCN
99029005
OCLC/WorldCat
54841333, 41165441
Library Thing
969990
Goodreads
1771648

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