02725cam a2200361 i 4500 13041808 EG-ScBUE 20240821092920.0 021226t2002 nyua f b 001 0deng d 0471401749 (OCoLC)ocm50618903 GKV eng rda GKV ZQP IXA DLC EG-ScBUE 509 22 ADL Adler, Robert E., 1946- author. 6781 Science firsts : From the creation of science to the science of creation / Robert Adler. New York : John Wiley, [2002] c2002 vii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm rdacontent text txt unmediated rdamedia n volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Thales and natural causation -- Anaximander orders the cosmos -- Pythagoras numbers the cosmos -- Atoms and the void -- Aristotle and the birth of biology -- Aristarchus, the forgotten Copernicus -- Archimedes's physics -- Ibn al-Haitham illuminates vision -- Copernicus moves the earth -- Galileo discovers the skies -- Kepler solves the planetary puzzle -- Van Leeuwenhoek explores the microcosm -- Newton: gravity and light -- A breath of fresh air -- Humphry Davy, intoxicated with discovery -- Visionaries of the computer -- Darwin's great truth -- A genius in the garden -- Mendeleev charts the elements -- In the realm of radioactivity -- Planck's quantum leap -- Wired on wireless -- Rutherford dissects the atom -- Einstein: matter, energy, space, and time -- Wegener sets the continents adrift -- Hubble's expanding universe -- Out of Africa -- Fermi and the fire of the gods -- McClintock's chromosomes -- A bit of genius -- The dynamic duo of DNA -- Echoes of creation -- We are not what we seem -- Planetary pioneers -- After Dolly, life will never be the same. "Tells the engaging and inspiring stories of thirty-five landmark scientific discoveries. From the first accurate prediction of an eclipse in 585 B.C. to the cloning of Dolly the sheep...Adler clearly explains the context and importance of these discoveries." Science History. BUEsh 6782 Scientists. BUEsh 6783 Reading book Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley042/2002727233.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley035/2002727233.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley031/2002727233.html ddc BB 11992 11992 0 0 ddc 0 0 Alef-Baa MAIN MAIN 1ST 2009-06-24 Purchase 150.00 3 41 509 ADL 000016953 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2022-01-04 2009-06-24 BB