A little history of science. ([2012])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- A little history of science. ([2012])
- Main Title:
- A little history of science
- Further Information:
- Note: William Bynum.
- Authors:
- Bynum, W. F (William F.), 1943-
- Contents:
- In the beginning -- Needles and numbers -- Atoms and the void -- The father of medicine : Hippocrates -- 'The master of those who know' : Aristotle -- The emperor's doctor : Galen -- Science in Islam -- Out of the darkness -- Searching for the philosopher's stone -- Uncovering the human body -- Where is the centre of the universe? -- Leaning towers and telescopes : Galileo -- Round and round : Harvey -- Knowledge is power : Bacon and Descartes -- The 'new chemistry' -- What goes up-- : Newton -- Bright sparks -- The clockwork universe -- Ordering the world -- Airs and gases -- Tiny pieces of matter -- Forces, fields, and magnetism -- Digging up dinosaurs -- The history of our planet -- The greatest show on Earth -- Little boxes of life -- Coughs, sneezes, and diseases -- Engines and energy -- Tabling the elements -- Into the atom -- Radioactivity -- The game-changer : Einstein -- Moving continents --What do we inherit? -- Where did we come from? -- Wonder drugs -- Building blocks -- Reading 'the book of life' : the Human Genome Project -- The Big Bang -- Science in our digital age.
- Publisher Details:
- New Haven : Yale University Press
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Copyright Date:
- 2012
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (vi, 263 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 509
Science -- History
Science and civilization
Sciences -- Histoire
Sciences et civilisation
SCIENCE -- History
HISTORY -- World
HISTORY -- Civilization
Science
Science and civilization
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780300189421
0300189427
9780300136593
0300136595 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780300197136
0300197136 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.775606
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