A Century of Nature : Twenty-One Discoveries that Changed Science and the World.
Title:
A Century of Nature : Twenty-One Discoveries that Changed Science and the World.
Author:
Garwin, Laura.
ISBN:
9780226284163
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword / Steven Weinberg -- Preface / Laura Garwin and Tim Lincoln -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- Raymond Dart and our African origins / C. K. Brain -- Electrons make waves / Akira Tonomura -- The atom completed / Maurice Goldhaber -- Superfluidity: a new state of matter / Allan Griffin -- From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons / Joseph Rotblat -- The double helix / Sydney Brenner -- Dawn of structural biology / Gregory A. Petsko -- The first laser / Charles H. Townes -- The quasar enigma / Malcolm Longair -- Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents / Dan McKenzie -- Stellar timekeepers / Joseph H. Taylor -- Viruses reverse the genetic flow / Robin A. Weiss -- Images of body and brain / Marcus E. Raichle -- Journey to the T cell / Jonathan C. Howard -- Molecular switches for "animal electricity" / Fred J. Sigworth -- DNA sequencing: the silent revolution / Peter Little -- The blueprint of animals revealed / Gineś Morata -- A hole in Earth's shield / Richard S. Stolarski -- Carbon cages and carbon tubes / Philip Ball -- Seeking other solar systems / Gordon A. H. Walker -- Dolly! / Davor Solter -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits-reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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