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020			_a9780300283211 _cRM 94.00 _qpaperback
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100	1		_aBynum, W. F., _q(William F.), _d1943- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aA Little History of Science / _cWilliam Bynum
264		1	_aNew Haven, Connecticut : _bYale University Press, _c2025
264		4	_c©2013
300			_avi, 263 pages : _billustrations ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aA Little History of
500			_aIncludes index
505	0		_aIn 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			_a"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	1	0	_aScience _xHistory
650	2	0	_aScience and civilization
830		0	_aA little history of
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