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100 Science Discoveries That Changed the World


  • Pavilion
  • by Colin Salter
An accessible compendium of the world's greatest scientists and the stories behind their dramatic breakthroughs. From the early Greek mathematicians Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, this collection charts the great breakthroughs in scientific understanding. Each entry describes the story of the research, the significance of the science, and its impact on the scientific world, along with a résumé of each scientist's career.

ISBN 9781911663546 | E | HB
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Publisher Pavilion
ISBN 9781911663546
Author(s) Colin Salter
Publication date October 2021
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 232 x 185 mm
Illustrations throughout col. & bw ill.
Pages 224
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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An accessible compendium of the world's greatest scientists and the stories behind their dramatic breakthroughs. From the early Greek mathematicians Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, this collection charts the great breakthroughs in scientific understanding. Each entry describes the story of the research, the significance of the science, and its impact on the scientific world, along with a résumé of each scientist's career.

From Roger Bacon's revolutionary work on optics and Copernicus's heliocentric model of the universe to Feynman diagrams and gravitational waves, this latest book in the award-winning "100" series serves as a short history of world science, illustrated with drawings, diagrams, and photographs.