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Science and scientists by Salem Press; Thomson Gale (Firm) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Science and scientists about?
Lucans famous dictum that those standing on the shoulders of giants see farther than the giants themselves applies to no human endeavor more thoroughly than to the pure astronomy, chemistry, biology, ge- ology, mathematics, physics, and the many subdisciplines they have spawned. The three volumes of Science and Scientists documents 245 of the mostimportantbreakthroughsinthehistoryofscience,cross-referencedto link those that built on others, from ancient times to the present day. These essaysareaccompaniedbybiographicalsidebarsonmanyofthegiantsbe- hind the discoveries, as well as charts and schematics illustrating many of the basic concepts. The disciplines covered here are broad, including Anthropology, Ar- chaeology, Astronomy and Cosmology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Sci- ence, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Evolution, Genetics, Mathe- matics, Medicine, Meteorology, Methods, Paleontology, Physics, Psychology, and Space Science. Arranged alphabetically, these essays ad- dress the most important breakthroughs in these fields, ranging from Ab- stractAlgebratoQuantumMechanics,fromtheBigBangtoX-RayAstron- omy, from Antisepsis to Viruses. Accompanying the essays are 125 sideba
Who reads Science and scientists?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Salem Press; Thomson Gale (Firm)
- Publisher
- Salem Press, c2006.
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781587653612
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography