TY  - GEN
AU  - Atkins, Peter 
TI  - Galileo's finger: the ten great ideas of science
SN  - 9780198609414
U1  - 500 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - UK
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Discoveries in science
N1  - 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
ER  -