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008			070227s2002 nyum b a001 0 eng
010			_a2001-046890
020			_a0471402761 (cloth : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)48077469
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dZQP
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050		4	_aQ180.55.D57 _bH67 2002
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100	1		_aHorvitz, Leslie Alan.
245	1	0	_aEureka! : _bscientific breakthroughs that changed the world / _cLeslie Alan Horvitz.
260			_aNew York : _bJ. Wiley, _cc2002.
300			_avi, 246 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-235) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
650		0	_aDiscoveries in science.
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