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Scientists who changed history / Chris Woodford

By: Woodford, Chris [Consultant]Contributor(s): Alexandra Black [Contributors] | Alethea Doran [Contributors] | Joanna Edwards [Contributors] | Richard Gilbert [Contributors]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Strand, London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, c2019Description: 320 pages : Colored Illustration; 23 cmISBN: 978-0-2413-6341-6Subject(s): BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYLOC classification: Q 141 S35 2019

Contents:

Chapter 1 : The dawn of science. -- Chapter 2 : Scientific revolution. -- Chapter 3 : Reason and enlightenment. -- Chapter 4: Science and industry. -- Chapter 5 : Paradigm shifts. -- Chapter 6 : War and modernity. -- Chapter 7 : Theories of everything.

Summary: Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and boldly graphic biography-led book. The second title in DK's new illustrated biography series, Scientists profiles trailblazing individuals from Greek mathematicians, such as Archimedes and Pythagoras, through physicists of the early 20th century, such as Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, to modern greats such as Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee. Each featured individual has made a major contribution to one or more scientific fields, from physics and astronomy to chemistry, biology, and psychology, and from genetics and computer science to geology and palaeontology. Combining elements of biography, history, and analysis, Scientists Who Changed History explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these revolutionary men and women in a clear and informative way.

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Includes index, and acknowledgements

Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and boldly graphic biography-led book. The second title in DK's new illustrated biography series, Scientists profiles trailblazing individuals from Greek mathematicians, such as Archimedes and Pythagoras, through physicists of the early 20th century, such as Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, to modern greats such as Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee. Each featured individual has made a major contribution to one or more scientific fields, from physics and astronomy to chemistry, biology, and psychology, and from genetics and computer science to geology and palaeontology. Combining elements of biography, history, and analysis, Scientists Who Changed History explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these revolutionary men and women in a clear and informative way.

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