Frontiers of science
Subtitle: on the brink of tomorrow
By: prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society ; [contributing authors, Derek DeSolla Price ... [et al.].
Contributors: Price, Derek J. de Solla 1922-1983.; National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division.
Publisher: The Society
Published: 1982
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Science
Other titles: On the brink of tomorrow.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Scientists and their tools / by Derek deSolla Price; title: The universe; title: quasars to quarks / by Donald D. Clayton; title: The family of the sun / by Bradford A. Smith; title: Our changing planet earth / by J. Tuzo Wilson; title: Probing the new biology / by Richard F. Thompson; title: Advances in medical science / by Anthony Cerami; title: Wonders of the brain / by Solomon H. Snyder.