Atkins, Peter  <br/><br/>
Galileo's finger: the ten great ideas of science/ 
Peter Atkins 
 - UK:  Oxford University Press  2003. 
 - vi, 388 p. 
<br/><br/>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  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780198609414 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discoveries in science
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500  / ATK/G