Cambridge scientific minds / edited by Peter Harman and Simon Mitton.
Cambridge scientific minds / edited by Peter Harman and Simon Mitton.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2002.
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T0360365
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 343 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Peter Harman -- 1. William Gilbert Stephen Pumfrey -- 2. William Harvey Andrew Cunningham -- 3. Isaac Newton Rupert Hall -- 4. William Whewell Richard Yeo -- 5. Adam Sedgwick David Oldroyd -- 6. Charles Babbage Anthony Hyman -- 7. Charles Darwin Peter Bowler -- 8. Stokes and Kelvin...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2002.
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Summary
"Cambridge Scientific Minds provides a portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University over the past 400 years, including accounts of the work of three of the greatest figures in the entire history of science, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and James Clerk Maxwell." "The chronological balance reflects the increasing im...
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Cambridge scientific minds / edited by Peter Harman and Simon Mitton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 509.22426/1.
Transferred from K0003813.
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c2002.
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T0360365
Record Identifier
74VvbX3R0XLy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbX3R0XLy
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ISBN
0521781000 :
9780521781008
0521781000
9780521786126 (pbk.) :
0521786126 (pbk.) :
9780521786126 (pbk.)
0521786126 (pbk.)
9780521781008 :
DDC
509.2242659
MMS ID
991014857309702626
