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Eureka! : scientific breakthroughs that changed the world / Leslie Alan Horvitz.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0471402761
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509 21
LOC classification:
  • Q 180.55 .H67 2001
Contents:
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.
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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.

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