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Title Chronology of science : from Stonehenge to the human genome project / consulting editor, Lisa Rosner
Published Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : ABC-CLIO, [2002]
©2002

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Description x, 566 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Chronologies. Earliest Discoveries (30,000 B.C.-A.D. 499). The Medieval World (500-1449). The Scientific Revolution (1450-1749). The Industrializing World (1750-1899). The 20th Century (1900-2000) -- Feature Essays. The Origins of Mathematics. Some Thoughts About Nought. Investigating the Solar System. The Discovery of Boyle's Law. Experiments to Determine the Nature of Light. Pioneering Experiments on the Digestive System. Discovering the Interior of the Earth. The Discovery of X-rays. The History of Plastics. A Brief Chronology of Quantum Physics. The Discovery of the Structure of DNA. The Discovery of Pulsars. Shades of Green Ethics and Value in Ecology. The Discovery of Carbon Fullerenes. The Quest for the Red Planet. The Human Genome Project. App. Nobel Prize for Chemistry -- App. Nobel Prize for Physics -- App. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine -- App. Fields Medal for Mathematics -- App. Discovery of the Elements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-402) and index
Includes web resources
Subject Science -- Chronology.
Scientists -- Biography.
Science -- History.
Genre/Form Chronologies.
Biographies.
Author Rosner, Lisa.
LC no. 2001007692
ISBN 1576079546 hardcover alkaline paper