Galileo's finger: the ten great ideas of science/ Peter Atkins
Publication details: UK: Oxford University Press 2003Description: vi, 388 pISBN: 9780198609414Subject(s): Discoveries in scienceDDC classification: 500
Contents:
1. Evolution: the emergence of complexity ; 2. DNA: the rationalization of biology ; 3. Energy: the universalization of accountancy ; 4. Entropy: the spring of change ; 5. Atoms: the reduction of matter ; 6. Symmetry: the quantification of beauty ; 7. Quanta: the simplification of understanding ; 8. Cosmology: the globalization of reality ; 9. Spacetime: the arena of action ; 10. Arithmetic: the limitation of explanation ; Epilogue: the future of understanding
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1. Evolution: the emergence of complexity ; 2. DNA: the rationalization of biology ; 3. Energy: the universalization of accountancy ; 4. Entropy: the spring of change ; 5. Atoms: the reduction of matter ; 6. Symmetry: the quantification of beauty ; 7. Quanta: the simplification of understanding ; 8. Cosmology: the globalization of reality ; 9. Spacetime: the arena of action ; 10. Arithmetic: the limitation of explanation ; Epilogue: the future of understanding
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