An edition of Science firsts
(2002)
Science firsts
from the creation of science to the science of creation
by Robert E. Adler
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"Tells the engaging and inspiring stories of thirty-five landmark scientific discoveries. From the first accurate prediction of an eclipse in 585 B.C. to the cloning of Dolly the sheep...Adler clearly explains the context and importance of these discoveries."
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Science, Scientists, History, Discoveries in science, Science, history| Edition | Availability |
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Ta men chuang zao le ke xue: gai bian ren lei ming yun de ke xue xian qu
2006, Jiu jing chu ban she gu fen you xian gong si
in Chinese
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9861370633 9789861370637
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Science firsts: from the creation of science to the science of creation
2002, John Wiley
in English
0471401749 9780471401742
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Thales and natural causation
Anaximander orders the cosmos
Pythagoras numbers the cosmos
Atoms and the void
Aristotle and the birth of biology
Aristarchus, the forgotten Copernicus
Archimedes's physics
Ibn al-Haitham illuminates vision
Copernicus moves the earth
Galileo discovers the skies
Kepler solves the planetary puzzle
Van Leeuwenhoek explores the microcosm
Newton: gravity and light
A breath of fresh air
Humphry Davy, intoxicated with discovery
Visionaries of the computer
Darwin's great truth
A genius in the garden
Mendeleev charts the elements
In the realm of radioactivity
Planck's quantum leap
Wired on wireless
Rutherford dissects the atom
Einstein: matter, energy, space, and time
Wegener sets the continents adrift
Hubble's expanding universe
Out of Africa
Fermi and the fire of the gods
McClintock's chromosomes
A bit of genius
The dynamic duo of DNA
Echoes of creation
We are not what we seem
Planetary pioneers
After Dolly, life will never be the same.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-219) and index.
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