Eureka! : scientific breakthroughs that changed the world /
Horvitz, Leslie Alan.
Eureka! : scientific breakthroughs that changed the world / Leslie Alan Horvitz. - 1st ed. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2002 - 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index.
Introduction: A sudden flash of light -- A breath of immoral air: Joseph Priestley and the discovery of oxygen -- Epiphany at Clapham Road: Friedrich Kekulé and the discovery of the structure of carbon compounds -- A visionary from Siberia: Dmitry Mendeleyev and the invention of the periodic table -- The birth of a new science: Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution -- The logic of peas: Gregor Mendel and the laws of heredity -- A dream of the future: Philo Farnsworth and the invention of television -- An encounter on the bridge: William Rowan Hamilton and the discovery of quaternions -- Thinking with the body: Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity -- The secret of life: James Watson, Francis Crick, and the discovery of DNA -- The shapes of the world: Benoit Mandelbrot and the discovery of fractals.
0471402761
2001046890
Discoveries in science.
Research--History.
Scientists--Biography.
Q 180.55 / .H67 2001
509 / 21
Eureka! : scientific breakthroughs that changed the world / Leslie Alan Horvitz. - 1st ed. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2002 - 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index.
Introduction: A sudden flash of light -- A breath of immoral air: Joseph Priestley and the discovery of oxygen -- Epiphany at Clapham Road: Friedrich Kekulé and the discovery of the structure of carbon compounds -- A visionary from Siberia: Dmitry Mendeleyev and the invention of the periodic table -- The birth of a new science: Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution -- The logic of peas: Gregor Mendel and the laws of heredity -- A dream of the future: Philo Farnsworth and the invention of television -- An encounter on the bridge: William Rowan Hamilton and the discovery of quaternions -- Thinking with the body: Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity -- The secret of life: James Watson, Francis Crick, and the discovery of DNA -- The shapes of the world: Benoit Mandelbrot and the discovery of fractals.
0471402761
2001046890
Discoveries in science.
Research--History.
Scientists--Biography.
Q 180.55 / .H67 2001
509 / 21