01739cam a22002534a 4500 20230110144551.0 070227s2002 nyum b a001 0 eng 2001-046890 0471402761 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)48077469 DLC DLC ZQP pcc Q180.55.D57 H67 2002 509 21 Horvitz, Leslie Alan. Eureka! : scientific breakthroughs that changed the world / Leslie Alan Horvitz. New York : J. Wiley, c2002. vi, 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index. 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. Discoveries in science. lcc 43384 43384 0 0 lcc 0 0 AJMM AJM AJM 2023-01-10 0 0225337 2023-01-10 00:00:00 1 2023-01-10 BK VIRTUAITEM 0 0 lcc 0 0 FUJM FUJ FUJ 2023-01-10 0 0225338 2023-01-10 00:00:00 1 2023-01-10 BK VIRTUAITEM 0 0 lcc 0 0 RKLM RKL RKL 2023-01-10 0 0225336 2023-01-10 00:00:00 1 2023-01-10 BK VIRTUAITEM