Eureka!: Scientific Breakthroughs that Changed the WorldISBN: 978-0-471-40276-3
Hardcover
256 pages
January 2002
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Introduction: A Sudden Flash of Light.
1. A Breath of Immoral Air: Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of Oxygen.
2. Epiphany at Clapham Road: Fredrich Kekule and the Discovery of the Structure of Carbon Compounds.
3. A Visionary from Siberia: Dmitry Mendeleyev and the Invention of the Periodic Table.
4. The Birth of Amazing Discoveries: Isaac Newton and the Theory of Gravity.
5. The Happiest Thought: Albert Einstein and the Theory of Gravity.
6. The Forgotten Inventor: Philo Farnsworth and the Development of Television.
7. A Faint Shadow of its Former Self: Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin.
8. A Flash of Light in Franklin Park: Charles Townes and the Invention of the Laser.
9. The Pioneer of Pangaea: Alfred Wegener and the Theory of Continental Drift.
10. Solving the Mystery of Mysteries: Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species.
11. Unraveling the Secret of Life: James Watson and Francis Crick and the Descovery of the Double Helix.
12. Broken Teacups and Infinite Coastlines: Benoit Mendelbrot and the Invention of Fractal Geometry.
Recommended Reading.
Index.
1. A Breath of Immoral Air: Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of Oxygen.
2. Epiphany at Clapham Road: Fredrich Kekule and the Discovery of the Structure of Carbon Compounds.
3. A Visionary from Siberia: Dmitry Mendeleyev and the Invention of the Periodic Table.
4. The Birth of Amazing Discoveries: Isaac Newton and the Theory of Gravity.
5. The Happiest Thought: Albert Einstein and the Theory of Gravity.
6. The Forgotten Inventor: Philo Farnsworth and the Development of Television.
7. A Faint Shadow of its Former Self: Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin.
8. A Flash of Light in Franklin Park: Charles Townes and the Invention of the Laser.
9. The Pioneer of Pangaea: Alfred Wegener and the Theory of Continental Drift.
10. Solving the Mystery of Mysteries: Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species.
11. Unraveling the Secret of Life: James Watson and Francis Crick and the Descovery of the Double Helix.
12. Broken Teacups and Infinite Coastlines: Benoit Mendelbrot and the Invention of Fractal Geometry.
Recommended Reading.
Index.
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