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The age of science : what scientists learned in the 20th century

Author: Gerard Piel
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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An overview of the scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century explores discoveries in a wide variety of fields, including natural history, cell and molecular biology, earth history, human evoltuion, and cosmology.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gerard Piel
ISBN: 0465057551 9780465057559
OCLC Number: 47690329
Notes: "A Cornelia and Michael Bessie book."
Description: xx, 460 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Gerard Piel ; with illustrations by Peter Bradford.
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An overview of the scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century explores discoveries in a wide variety of fields, including natural history, cell and molecular biology, earth history, human evoltuion, and cosmology.

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