scientific breakthroughs that changed the world Horvitz, Leslie Alan. creator text bibliography nyu New York J. Wiley c2002 2002 monographic eng

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vi, 246 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 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. Leslie Alan Horvitz. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index. Discoveries in science Q180.55.D57 H67 2002 509 0471402761 (cloth : alk. paper) 2001-046890 DLC 070227 20230110144551.0