Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Lightman, Alan |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 11/14/2006 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
In this captivating and lucid book, the bestselling author of Einstein’s Dreamschroniclestwenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science–everything from thetheory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA.
These discoveries radicallychanged our notions of the world and our place in are Einstein, Fleming,Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing, Watson and Crick, Heisenberg and many remarkableinsight, Lightman charts the intellectual and emotional landscape of the time, portraysthe human drama of discovery, and explains the significance and impact of the he includes a fascinating and unique guided tour through the original papersin which the discoveries were is science writing at its best–beautiful,lyrical and completely brings the process of discovery to life beforeour very eyes.
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