The age of science : what scientists learned in the 20th century / Gerard Piel ; with illustrations by Peter Bradford.

  • Piel, Gerard.
Date:
[2001], ©2001
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : Basic Books, [2001], ©2001.

Physical description

xx, 460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contributors

Edition

1st ed.

Notes

"A Cornelia and Michael Bessie book."

Contents

ch. 1. Science is what scientists do -- ch. 2. Revolution at the ground of knowledge -- ch. 3. Light and matter -- ch. 4. Space and time -- ch. 5. The living cell -- ch. 6. Earth history and the evolution of life -- ch. 7. Tools and human evolution.

Bibliographic information

Includes index and bibliography: p. 445-448.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AB.AA9
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0465057551