The Britannica Guide to 100 Most Influential Scientists - Brossura

Gribbin, John; Britannica

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ISBN 10: 1845298640 ISBN 13: 9781845298647

Casa editrice: Little, Brown Book Group, 2008

Riassunto

Who are the most important men and women whose notions and theories have changed the world?

When Isaac Newton claimed that he only saw further because he stood on the shoulders of giants, he alluded to the long list of geniuses that came before him. The history of science is the story of great discoveries, flashes of intuition that have changed the way people see the world, hard work and arduous calculation in the laboratory.

The Britannica Guide to 100 Most Influential Scientists is a celebration of the lives and work of the men and women who have changed the way we look at the world, the universe, and ourselves.

Includes contributions from top name scientists and writers such James Gleick on Richard Feynman; Michio Kaky on Einstein and Sir Harold Kroton on the Fulleriene (for which he won an Nobel Prize).

The Britannica Guide to 100 Most Influential Scientists is introduced by John Gribbin. He is the author of nearly 100 popular science books, including the best-selling IN SEARCH OF SCHRODINGER'S CAT. He has received awards for his writing both in the United States and in Britain. The holder of a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, he still maintains links with research as a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex, and was a member of a team there that measured the age of the Universe. While still a student, he received the prestigious Annual Award of the Gravity Research Foundation in the United States, the only student, and the first Englishman working in England, ever to receive this award.

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Recensione

A marvelous introduction to science for anyone with an interest in the way civilization has evolved. (Good Book Guide)

Descrizione del libro

A riveting exploration into the ideas that shook the world and an in-depth analysis of the men and women who exposed them. Each entry will be up to date, comprehensive and entertaining, covering every aspect of scientific discovery from the ancient world to today's most modern laboratories.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Little, Brown Book Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1845298640
• ISBN 13: 9781845298647
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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