The Discoveries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Discoveries write by Alan Lightman. This book was released on 2010-10-22. The Discoveries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An extraordinarily accessible, illuminating chronicle of the great moments of scientific discovery in the 20th century, and an exploration into the minds of the remarkable men and women behind them. We know and read the literary masterpieces; how many of us have had the opportunity not only to read but understand the masterpieces of science that describe the very moment of discovery? The last century has seen an explosion of creativity and insight that led to breakthroughs in every field of science: from the theory of relativity to the first quantum model of the atom to the mapping of the structure of DNA, these discoveries profoundly changed how we understand the world and our place in it. Alan Lightman tells the stories of two dozen breakthroughs made by such brilliant scientists as Einstein, Bohr, McClintock and Pauling, among others, drawing on his unique background as a scientist and novelist to reveal the process of scientific discovery at its greatest. He outlines the intellectual and emotional landscape of each discovery, portrays the personalities and human drama of the scientists involved, and explains the significance and impact of the work. Finally, he gives an unprecedented and exhilarating guided tour through each of the original papers.
The Discoverers
The Discoverers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Discoverers write by Daniel J. Boorstin. This book was released on 2011-01-26. The Discoverers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to understand his world and the cosmos.
Serendipity
Serendipity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Serendipity write by Royston M. Roberts. This book was released on 1991-01-16. Serendipity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many of the things discovered by accident are important in our everyday lives: Teflon, Velcro, nylon, x-rays, penicillin, safety glass, sugar substitutes, and polyethylene and other plastics. And we owe a debt to accident for some of our deepest scientific knowledge, including Newton's theory of gravitation, the Big Bang theory of Creation, and the discovery of DNA. Even the Rosetta Stone, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the ruins of Pompeii came to light through chance. This book tells the fascinating stories of these and other discoveries and reveals how the inquisitive human mind turns accident into discovery. Written for the layman, yet scientifically accurate, this illuminating collection of anecdotes portrays invention and discovery as quintessentially human acts, due in part to curiosity, perserverance, and luck.
Geographical and Ethnographical Elucidations to the Discoveries of Maerten Gerrits Vries
Geographical and Ethnographical Elucidations to the Discoveries of Maerten Gerrits Vries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Geographical and Ethnographical Elucidations to the Discoveries of Maerten Gerrits Vries write by Philipp Franz von Siebold. This book was released on 1859. Geographical and Ethnographical Elucidations to the Discoveries of Maerten Gerrits Vries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Lost Discoveries
Lost Discoveries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lost Discoveries write by Dick Teresi. This book was released on 2010-05-11. Lost Discoveries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. *A New York Times Notable Book* Boldly challenging conventional wisdom, acclaimed science writer and Omni magazine cofounder Dick Teresi traces the origins of contemporary science back to their ancient roots in this eye-opening and landmark work. This innovative history proves once and for all that the roots of modern science were established centuries, and in some instances millennia, before the births of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. In this enlightening, entertaining, and important book, Teresi describes many discoveries from all over the non-Western world—Sumeria, Babylon, Egypt, India, China, Africa, Arab nations, the Americas, and the Pacific islands—that equaled and often surpassed Greek and European learning in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology. The first extensive and authoritative multicultural history of science written for a popular audience, Lost Discoveries fills a critical void in our scientific, cultural, and intellectual history and is destined to become a classic in its field.
