Science firsts

From the creation of science to the science creation

Robert E. Adler

238 pages, parution le 17/10/2002

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These brilliant men and women are part of a very special group-scientists who made truly original, groundbreaking discoveries. Science Firsts tells the stories of thirty-five of the most important firsts in the history of science. You'll encounter such extraordinary figures as Enrico Fermi, the first to unleash the power of the atom; Joseph Priestley, the first to produce oxygen and glimpse photosynthesis in action; and Guglielmo Marconi, the first to make wireless communication a reality. Science Firsts reveals how these incredible minds ventured into previously unseen territory to satisfy their hunger for knowledge and, in doing so, changed the course of history.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

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Robert E. Adler
Parution	17/10/2002
Nb. de pages	238
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	546g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471401742
ISBN13	978-0-471-40174-2