Science : a history of discovery in the twentieth century / [edited by] Trevor I. Williams.

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.

256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm

"An Equinox book"--T.p. verso

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Berger & Tims

Includes bibliographic references (p. 250) and index

1900-1914 : the individual genius. Inventors of the future ; New specialties and connections ; The new physics -- 1914-1929 : the corporate spirit. War, pictures and plastics ; Toward modern medicine ; The expanding universe -- 1929-1945 : the liberation of energy. Power for industry and war ; The victory of chemotherapy ; Splitting the atom -- 1945-1960 : the universal panacea. The advent of electronics ; The secrets of heredity ; Big science -- 1960-1973 : The giant leap. The space age ; High-tech medicine ; Quarks, lasers and satellites -- 1973-1989 : the hidden costs. The computer-driven world ; The limits of progress ; Science : necessity or luxury?.