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The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers

The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers - Paperback

by Alan Lightman
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Availability:In StockContributor:Alan LightmanPublish date:2006-11-14Pages:592
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375713453ISBN-10:037571345XUPC:9780375713453Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Reference, PhysicsSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SCY7EMR51M
In this captivating and lucid book, the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA.

These discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in it. Here are Einstein, Fleming, Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing, Watson and Crick, Heisenberg and many others. With remarkable insight, Lightman charts the intellectual and emotional landscape of the time, portrays the human drama of discovery, and explains the significance and impact of the work. Finally he includes a fascinating and unique guided tour through the original papers in which the discoveries were revealed. Here is science writing at its best-beautiful, lyrical and completely accessible. It brings the process of discovery to life before our very eyes.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375713453ISBN-10:037571345XUPC:9780375713453Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Reference, PhysicsSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.4617Product ID:SCY7EMR51M
ALAN LIGHTMAN is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science. He is a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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