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The Great Scientists: From Euclid to Stephen Hawking

ISBN: 9781848376069 | 1848376065
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlasbooks Dist Serv
Pub. Date: 7/9/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
In full color with striking and informative illustrations and photographs, this is a beautiful and eye-catching book which will stand out on the shelf. Includes familiar names like Galileo Galielei and Albert Einstein, as well as lesser-known scientists such as Dmitri Mendeleyev and Linus Pauling.
The Ancients
Euclidp. 8
Archimedesp. 12
Hipparchus & Claudius Ptolemyp. 18
The Middle Ages
The Medieval Arab Scientistsp. 22
The Renaissance
Leonardo da Vincip. 26
Nicolas Copernicusp. 31
Andreas Vesaliusp. 35
Galileo Galileip. 39
The Seventeenth Ce... MORE
Christiaan Huygensp. 45
Anton van Leeuwenhoekp. 50
Robert Hookep. 54
Sir Isaac Newtonp. 58
The Eighteenth Century
Carolus Linnaeusp. 64
James Huttonp. 68
Antoine Lavoisierp. 72
John Daltonp. 76
The Nineteenth Century
Michael Faradayp. 80
Charles Babbagep. 84
Charles Darwinp. 89
Louis Pasteurp. 95
Gregor Mendelp. 99
Dmitri Mendeleyevp. 103
James Clerk Maxwellp. 107
The Twentieth Century
Max Planckp. 111
Marie Curiep. 115
Ernest Rutherfordp. 119
Albert Einsteinp. 123
Alfred Wegenerp. 128
Niels Bohrp. 132
Edwin Hubblep. 136
Werner Heisenbergp. 140
Linus Paulingp. 144
The DNA Team: Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklinp. 149
Stephen Hawkingp. 154
Indexp. 159
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