A little history of science. ([2012])

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.