A Little History of Science / (Record no. 203429)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780300283211
Terms of availability RM 94.00
Qualifying information paperback
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency PPAK
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency PPAK
Description conventions rda
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 509
090 00 - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN)
Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) 509
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bynum, W. F.,
Fuller form of name (William F.),
Dates associated with a name 1943-
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A Little History of Science /
Statement of responsibility, etc. William Bynum
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New Haven, Connecticut :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Yale University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2025
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent vi, 263 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 20 cm
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Content type term text
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Source rdamedia
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Source rdacarrier
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement A Little History of
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note In the beginning -- Needles and numbers -- Atoms and the void -- The father of medicine: Hippocrates -- 'The master of those who know': Aristotle -- The emperor's doctor: Galen -- Science in Islam -- Out of the darkness -- Searching for the philosopher's stone -- Uncovering the human body -- Where is the centre of the universe? -- Leaning towers and telescopes: Galileo -- Round and round: Harvey -- Knowledge is power: Bacon and Descartes -- The 'new chemistry' -- What goes up ... : Newton -- Bright sparks -- The clockwork universe -- Ordering the world -- Airs and gases -- Tiny pieces of matter -- Forces, fields and magnetism -- Digging up dinosaurs -- The history of our planet -- The greatest show on Earth -- Little boxes of life -- Coughs, sneezes and diseases -- Engines and energy -- Tabling the elements -- Into the atom -- Radioactivity -- The game-changer: Einstein -- Moving continents --What do we inherit? -- Where did we come from? -- Wonder drugs -- Building blocks -- Reading 'the book of life': the Human Genome Project -- The Big Bang -- Science in our digital age.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to the computer-assisted scientists of today, men and women have wondered, examined, experimented, calculated, and sometimes made discoveries so earthshaking that people understood the world--or themselves--in an entirely new way. This inviting book tells a great adventure story: the history of science. It takes readers to the stars through the telescope, as the sun replaces the earth at the center of our universe. It delves beneath the surface of the planet, charts the evolution of chemistry's periodic table, introduces the physics that explain electricity, gravity, and the structure of atoms. It recounts the scientific quest that revealed the DNA molecule and opened unimagined new vistas for exploration. Emphasizing surprising and personal stories of scientists both famous and unsung, A Little History of Science traces the march of science through the centuries. The book opens a window on the exciting and unpredictable nature of scientific activity and describes the uproar that may ensue when scientific findings challenge established ideas. With delightful illustrations and a warm, accessible style, this is a volume for young and old to treasure together."
650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science
General subdivision History
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science and civilization
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title A little history of
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Holdings
Withdrawn Not for loan Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Koha item type
    Perpustakaan Alor Setar Pinjaman Dewasa 16/03/2026   509 BYN A01908939 16/03/2026 Book
    Perpustakaan Awam Sungai Petani Pinjaman Dewasa 16/03/2026   509 BYN A01908940 16/03/2026 Book
    Perpustakaan Baling Pinjaman Dewasa 16/03/2026   509 BYN A01908944 16/03/2026 Book
    Perpustakaan Bandar Baharu Pinjaman Dewasa 16/03/2026   509 BYN A01908945 16/03/2026 Book
    Perpustakaan Jitra Pinjaman Dewasa 16/03/2026   509 BYN A01908941 16/03/2026 Book
    Perpustakaan Kulim Pinjaman Dewasa 16/03/2026   509 BYN A01908943 16/03/2026 Book
    Perpustakaan Langkawi Pinjaman Dewasa 16/03/2026   509 BYN A01908942 16/03/2026 Book