Scribbles that changed the course of human affairs
By: Amand A. Lucas
Contributors: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique. Classe des sciences
Series: Mémoire de la Classe des sciences. Collection in-8o -- 3e sér., t. 20; Mémoires de la Classe des sciences -- 3e sér., t. 20.
Publisher: Académie royale de Belgique, Classe des sciences
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bruxelles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9782803102037
Subjects: Communication in science; Science; History; Notation; Equations; DNA; Nuclear weapons information
Notes: "Classe des sciences, Académie royale de Belgique."

Expanded version of a lecture presented at the joint meeting of the two (Dutch and French) science classes of the Académie royale de Belgique on Dec. 6, 2003.

Biographical information about the author on p. [4] of cover in French.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107).
Table of contents: title: Early global communications; title: The secret(s) of life; title: The secret(s) of death: weapons of mass destruction.