Science Firsts
eBook - ePub

Science Firsts

From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Science Firsts

From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation

About this book

Be on hand to witness some of the most monumental scientific discoveries of the past three millennia
This engaging collection offers readers the unique experience of being on hand to witness some of the most epic breakthrough in the history of science. From ancient Greeks Thales and Pythagoras to Enrico Fermi, Francis Watson and James Crick, and even Dolly the Sheep, Science Firsts provides an unparalleled opportunity to peer over the shoulders of great scientists as they become the first to set eyes on new worlds. Over the course of thirty-five concise, superbly written accounts, science writer Robert Adler takes readers on an lively journey through nearly three millennia of epic scientific discovery, offering accessible explanations of the science involved along with vivid historical and biographical details that help place the discoveries and their discoverers in context for contemporary readers.

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Information

Year
2003
Print ISBN
9780471401742
eBook ISBN
9780471463139
Edition
1
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1: Thales and Natural Causation
  9. 2: Anaximander Orders the Cosmos
  10. 3: Pythagoras Numbers the Cosmos
  11. 4: Atoms and the Void
  12. 5: Aristotle and the Birth of Biology
  13. 6: Aristarchus, the Forgotten Copernicus
  14. 7: Archimedes’s Physics
  15. 8: Ibn al-Haitham Illuminates Vision
  16. 9: Copernicus Moves the Earth
  17. 10: Galileo Discovers the Skies
  18. 11: Kepler Solves the Planetary Puzzle
  19. 12: Van Leeuwenhoek Explores the Microcosm
  20. 13: Newton: Gravity and Light
  21. 14: A Breath of Fresh Air
  22. 15: Humphry Davy, Intoxicated with Discovery
  23. 16: Visionaries of the Computer
  24. 17: Darwin’s Great Truth
  25. 18: A Genius in the Garden
  26. 19: Mendeleev Charts the Elements
  27. 20: In the Realm of Radioactivity
  28. 21: Planck’s Quantum Leap
  29. 22: Wired on Wireless
  30. 23: Rutherford Dissects the Atom
  31. 24: Einstein: Matter, Energy, Space, and Time
  32. 25: Wegener Sets the Continents Adrift
  33. 26: Hubble’s Expanding Universe
  34. 27: Out of Africa
  35. 28: Fermi and the Fire of the Gods
  36. 29: McClintock’s Chromosomes
  37. 30: A Bit of Genius
  38. 31: The Dynamic Duo of DNA
  39. 32: Echoes of Creation
  40. 33: We Are Not What We Seem
  41. 34: Planetary Pioneers
  42. 35: After Dolly, Life Will Never Be the Same
  43. References and Further Reading
  44. Index