The scientists : a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors / John Gribbin.
Record details
- ISBN: 1400060133
- ISBN: 9781400060139
- Physical Description: xxii, 646 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st U.S. edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2002.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: U.K. : Allen Lane, 2002.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-623) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Book 1 Out of the Dark Ages -- 1. Renaissance Men 1 -- 2. Last Mystics 33 -- 3. First Scientists 68 -- Book 2 Founding Fathers -- 4. Science Finds its Feet 107 -- 5. The 'Newtonian Revolution' 149 -- 6. Expanding Horizons 193 -- Book 3 Enlightenment -- 7. Enlightened Science I: Chemistry catches up 241 -- 8. Enlightened Science II: Progress on all fronts 285 -- Book 4 Big Picture -- 9. The 'Darwinian Revolution' 319 -- 10. Atoms and Molecules 359 -- 11. Let There be Light 400 -- 12. Last Hurrah! of Classical Science 442 -- Book 5 Modern Times -- 13. Inner Space 487 -- 14. Realm of Life 529 -- 15. Outer Space 572 -- Coda: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out 613.
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