Horvitz, Leslie Alan. <br/><br/>
Eureka! :  scientific breakthroughs that changed the world / 
Leslie Alan Horvitz. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  John Wiley & Sons,  2002 
 - 246 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471402761 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001046890 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discoveries in science.<br/>Research--History.<br/>Scientists--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q 180.55  / .H67 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509  / 21