A Century of Nature
eBook - PDF

A Century of Nature

Twenty-One Discoveries that Changed Science and the World

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Century of Nature

Twenty-One Discoveries that Changed Science and the World

About this book

Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits—reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword / Steven Weinberg
  3. Preface / Laura Garwin and Tim Lincoln
  4. Chronology of twentieth-century science
  5. Raymond Dart and our African origins / C. K. Brain
  6. Electrons make waves / Akira Tonomura
  7. The atom completed / Maurice Goldhaber
  8. Superfluidity: a new state of matter / Allan Griffin
  9. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons / Joseph Rotblat
  10. The double helix / Sydney Brenner
  11. Dawn of structural biology / Gregory A. Petsko
  12. The first laser / Charles H. Townes
  13. The quasar enigma / Malcolm Longair
  14. Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents / Dan McKenzie
  15. Stellar timekeepers / Joseph H. Taylor
  16. Viruses reverse the genetic flow / Robin A. Weiss
  17. Images of body and brain / Marcus E. Raichle
  18. Journey to the T cell / Jonathan C. Howard
  19. Molecular switches for “animal electricity” / Fred J. Sigworth
  20. DNA sequencing: the silent revolution / Peter Little
  21. The blueprint of animals revealed / Gine´s Morata
  22. A hole in Earth’s shield / Richard S. Stolarski
  23. Carbon cages and carbon tubes / Philip Ball
  24. Seeking other solar systems / Gordon A. H. Walker
  25. Dolly! / Davor Solter
  26. Contributors
  27. Index