Great scientists [electronic resource]
Fortey, Jacqueline2013
Book
Abstract: Profiles thirty of the most influential scientists throughout history and explores important milestones in science. Discover Einstein's Theory of Relativity, see one of Thomas Edison's early light bulbs, find out why a great French chemist lost his head, and much, much more!
Main title:
Great scientists [electronic resource] / written by Jacqueline Fortey.
Work:
Imprint:
London [Eng.] : DK, 2007 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2013.)
Collation:
1 online resource (302 entries) : 240 images, digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 72 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps
Contents:
Aristotle -- Archimedes -- Zhang Heng -- Alhazen -- Roger Bacon -- Galileo Galilei -- William Harvey -- Robert Hooke -- Isaac Newton -- Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier -- Benjamin Franklin -- Joseph Banks -- Georges Cuvier -- Charles Darwin -- Charles Babbage -- Michael Faraday -- Thomas Edison -- Louis Pasteur -- Dmitry Mendeleyev -- Marie Curie -- Ernest Rutherford -- Albert Einstein -- Alfred Wegener -- Edwin Hubble -- Crick and Watson -- Alan Turing -- James Lovelock -- Dorothy Hodgkin -- Richard Feynman -- Stephen Hawking -- Science and the future -- Milestones in science -- Find out more -- The Nobel Prize -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
0756629748 (trade bdg)9780756629748 (trade bdg)9781782685487 (online)
Dewey class:
509.2
LC class:
Q141
Language:
English
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BRN:
502339
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