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The discoveries : great breakthroughs in 20th century science

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The discoveries : great breakthroughs in 20th century science

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Q180.55.D57

Edition

1st ed.

Authors

Lightman, Alan P., 1948-

Subjects

Discoveries in science--Historiography.
Discoveries in science--History--20th century--Sources.
Science--Historiography.
Science--History--20th century--Sources.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Ontdekkingen.
Doorbraken.

Language

English

Published

Publication Desc

xviii, 553 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ;

ISBN

0375421688

LCCN

2005040854

Dimensions

25 cm.

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1Quantum 3 -- "On the Theory of the Energy Distribution Law of the Normal Spectrum" / Max Planck (1900) 16 -- 2 Hormones 22 -- "The Mechanism of Pancreatic Secretion" / William Bayliss, Ernest Starling (1902) 32 -- 3 Particle Nature of Light 43 -- "On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light" / Albert Einstein (1905) 54 -- 4 Special Relativity 60 -- "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" / Albert Einstein (1905) 72 -- 5 Nucleus of the Atom 84 -- "The Scattering of [alpha] and [beta] Particles by Matter and the Structure of the Atom" / Ernest Rutherford (1911) 95 -- 6 Size of the Cosmos 111 -- "Periods of 25 Variable Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud" / Henrietta Leavitt (1912) 127 -- 7 Arrangement of Atoms in Solid Matter 130 -- "Interference Phenomena with Rontgen Rays" / W. Friedrich, P. Knipping, M. von Laue (1912) 144 -- 8 Quantum Atom 151 -- "On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules" / Niels Bohr (1913) 162 -- 9 Means of Communication Between Nerves 175 -- "On the Humoral Transmission of the Action of the Cardiac Nerve" / Otto Loewi (1921) 186 -- 10 Uncertainty Principle 190 -- "On the Physical Content of Quantum Kinematics and Mechanics" / Werner Heisenberg (1927) 203 -- 11 Chemical Bond 211 -- "The Shared-Electron Chemical Bond" / Linus Pauling (1928) 226 -- 12 Expansion of the Universe 230 -- "A Relation Between Distance and Radial Velocity Among Extra-Galactic Nebulae" / Edwin Hubble (1929) 246 -- 13 Antibiotics 253 -- "On the Antibacterial Action of Cultures of a Penicillium, with Special Reference to Their Use in the Isolation of B. Influenzae" / Alexander Fleming (1929) 266 -- 14 Means of Production of Energy in Living Organisms 278 -- "The Role of Citric Acid in Intermediate Metabolism in Animal Tissues" / Hans Krebs, W.AA. Johnson (1937) 291 -- 15 Nuclear Fission 305 -- "Concerning the Existence of Alkaline Earth Metals Resulting from Neutron Irradiation of Uranium" / Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassmann (1939) 322 -- "Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: A New Type of Nuclear Reaction" / Lise Meitner, Otto Frisch (1939) 326 -- 16 Movability of Genes 329 -- "Mutable Loci in Maize" / Barbara McClintock (1948) 344 -- 17 Structure of DNA 356 -- "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids" / James D. Watson, Francis H. C. Crick (1953) 372 -- "Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate" / Rosalind E. Franklin, R. G. Gosling (1953) 375 -- 18 Structure of Proteins 380 -- "Structure of Haemoglobin" / Max F. Perutz, M. G. Rossmann, Ann F. Cullis, Hilary Muirhead, Georg Will, A.C.T. North (1960) 395 -- 19 Radio Waves from the Big Bang 409 -- "A Measurement of Excess Antenna Temperature at 4080 Mc/s" / Arno A. Penzias, Robert W. Wilson (1965) 424 -- "Cosmic Black-Body Radiation" / Robert H. Dicke, P. James E. Peebles, Peter G. Roll, David T. Wilkinson (1965) 427 -- 20 A Unified Theory of Forces 435 -- "A Model of Leptons" / Steven Weinberg (1967) 452 -- 21 Quarks: A Tiniest Essence of Matter 457 -- "Observed Behavior of Highly Inelastic Electron-Proton Scattering" / M. Breidenbach, J.I. Friedman, H. W. Kendall, E. D. Bloom, D. H. Coward, H. DeStaebler, J. Drees, L. W. Mo, R. E. Taylor (1969) 474 -- 22 Creation of Altered Forms of Life 482 -- "Biochemical Method for Inserting New Genetic Information into DNA of Simian Virus 40" / David A. Jackson, Robert H. Symons, Paul Berg (1972) 495.