The Resource Science firsts : from the creation of science to the science of creation, Robert Adler
Science firsts : from the creation of science to the science of creation, Robert Adler
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The item Science firsts : from the creation of science to the science of creation, Robert Adler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Science firsts : from the creation of science to the science of creation, Robert Adler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- Summary
- "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."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 232 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780471401742
- Label
- Science firsts : from the creation of science to the science of creation
- Title
- Science firsts
- Title remainder
- from the creation of science to the science of creation
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Adler
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."
- Cataloging source
- GKV
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Adler, Robert E.
- Dewey number
- 509
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science
- Scientists
- Label
- Science firsts : from the creation of science to the science of creation, Robert Adler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780471401742
- Lccn
- 2002727233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- ocm50618903
- OCoLC
- Label
- Science firsts : from the creation of science to the science of creation, Robert Adler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- vii, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780471401742
- Lccn
- 2002727233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocm50618903
- OCoLC
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