Horvitz, Leslie Alan. <br/><br/>
Eureka! :  scientific breakthroughs that changed the world / 
Leslie Alan Horvitz. 
 - New York :  J. Wiley,  c2002. 
 - vi, 246 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: A sudden flash of light -- A breath of immoral air: Joseph Priestley and the discovery of oxygen -- Epiphany at Clapham Road: Friedrich Kekule and the discovery of the structure of carbon compounds -- A visionary from Siberia: Dmitry Mendeleyev and the invention of the periodic table -- The birth of amazing discoveries: Isaac Newton and the theory of gravity -- The forgotten inventor: Philo Farnsworth and the development of television -- A faint shadow of its former self: Alexander Fleming and the discovery of penicillin -- A flash of light in Franklin Park: Charles Townes and the invention of the laser -- The pioneer of Pangaea: Alfred Wegener and the theory of continental drift -- Solving the mystery of mysteries: Charles Darwin and the origin of species -- Unraveling the secret of life: James Watson and Francis Crick and the discovery of the double helix -- Broken teacups and infinite coastlines: Benoit Mandelbrot and the invention of fractal geometry. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471402761 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001-046890 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discoveries in science.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q180.55.D57  / H67 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509