| ISBN |
9780786460618 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| 078646061X (softcover : alk. paper) |
| Name |
Timmons, Todd |
| Title |
Makers of western science : the works and words of 24 visionaries from Copernicus to Watson and Crick / Todd Timmons. |
| Published |
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2012 |
| Description |
vi, 218 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Copernican Revolution -- 2. Galileo: Astronomy, the Birth of Modern Physics, and Science's Battle with the Church -- 3. Copernicus Perfected? Kepler and Planetary Orbits -- 4. Gilbert, Harvey, and the Experimental Method -- 5. Descartes, Boyle, and the Mechanical Philosophy -- 6. Linnaeus, Buffon and Eighteenth Century Natural History -- 7. Newton and the Pinnacle of the Scientific Revolution -- 8. Lavoisier, Dalton, and the Birth of Modern Chemistry -- 9. From Franklin to Faraday: Developments in the Science of Electricity -- 10. Paradigm Shift: Darwin and Natural Selection -- 11. Laplace to Galton: Uncertainty in the Physical and Social Sciences -- 12. Einstein, Bohr, and Twentieth-Century Physics -- 13. From the Individual to the Collective: Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the Emergence of "Big Science" -- 14. Genetics, Germ Theory, and DNA: The Work of Mendel, Pasteur, Watson and Crick. |
| Summary |
"Non-scientists often perceive science as a dry, boring vocation pursued by dry, boring people. Science has actually been the product of fascinating people seeking to explain the world around them. Part biography, part history, this work reveals the personalities behind the world's most significant scientific discoveries, providing a fascinating new perspective on this human endeavor"-- |
| Subjects |
Scientists -- Europe, Western -- Biography |
| Science -- Europe, Western -- History |
| Scientists -- United States -- Biography |
| Science -- United States -- History |
| Scientists -- Biography |
| Science -- History |
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