The scientists : a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors / John Gribbi...
The scientists : a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors / John Gribbi...
The scientists : a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors / John Gribbin.
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New York : Random House, c2002.
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N509.22/49
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English
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xxii, 646 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Out of the dark ages -- Renaissance men ; Last mystics ; First scientists -- 2. Founding fathers -- Science finds its feet ; Newtonian revolution ; Expanding horizons -- 3. Enlightenment -- Enlightened science I : chemistry catches up ; Enlightened science II :...
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New York : Random House, c2002.
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New York (State)
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c2002.
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This tells the story of the people who have made science, and of the times in which they lived and worked. Gribbin begins with Copernicus, during the Renaissance, when science replaced mysticism as a means of explaining the workings of the world, and he continues through the centuries, creating an unbroken genealogy of not only the greatest but als...
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The scientists : a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors / John Gribbin.
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Originally published: [London] : Allen Lane, 2002.
Trade paperback publ.: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-623) and index.
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N509.22/49
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74VK2PWKjR7O
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1400060133 (acid-free paper)
9781400060139 (alk. paper)
1400060133 (alk. paper)
9780812967883 (pbk.)
0812967887 (pbk.)
9781400060139 (acid-free paper)
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509.22
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991017927869702626
