The discoveries
Subtitle: great breakthroughs in 20th century Science
By: Alan Lightman
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
Subjects: Discoveries in science -- Historiography; Discoveries in science -- History -- 20th century -- Sources; Science -- Historiography; Science -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Genres: Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The quantum; title: Hormones; title: The particle nature of light; title: Special relativity; title: The nucleus of the atom; title: The size of the cosmos; title: The arrangement of atoms in solid matter; title: The quantum atom; title: The means of communication between nerves; title: The uncertainty principle; title: The chemical bond; title: The expansion of the universe; title: Antibiotics; title: The means of production of energy in living organisms; title: Nuclear fission; title: The movability of genes; title: The structure of DNA; title: The structure of proteins; title: Radio waves from the big bang; title: A unified theory of forces; title: Quarks : a tiniest essence of matter; title: The creation of altered forms of life