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Science Firsts

Name: Science Firsts
Author: Robert E. Adler

From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation

Robert E. Adler,

240 pages
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Science Firsts

From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation

Robert E. Adler,

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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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Publisher

Trade Paper Press

Year

2003

ISBN

9780471463139

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Topic

Physical Sciences

Subtopic

Physics

Index

Physics

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