Scientists and Their Discoveries"Over the last two centuries, scientists have transformed the world with discoveries ranging from tiny subatomic particles to the massive and powerful mechanisms that drive the Earth and the stars. This book looks at the lives and achievements of many of these scientists including Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin and Harry Hess. It examines their ideas and how they affected society, and it highlights their work - the mixture of experimenet, collaboration and brilliant individual insight that has characterised scientific advance down the ages. To bring the stories of these people to life, 'Scientists and their discovereries' uses a wide variety of documents, including handwritten notebooks, famous books that announced scientific breakthroughs, letters, papers, magazines and biographies." - back cover. |
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Página 21 - Ar 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn...
Página 60 - Transmutation of nuclear reactions is represented by equations in which the superscript denotes the mass number (the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom...
Página 36 - The amount of energy locked up in a piece of matter is equal to its mass multiplied by the speed of light squared (c~).
Página 20 - A litre of any gas (at the same temperature and pressure) contains the same number of particles.
Página 39 - Dr. King was a beginner in geology when he first found, and to his credit appreciated duly, the importance of the Cheirotherium tracks. He is a man of thirty years of age, and in an extensive medical practice, who has suffered some persecution, professionally and socially, for believing the world to be more than 6,000 years old, and avowing this at a Lyceum.
Página 27 - Broadly speaking, the discovery of X-rays has increased the keenness of our vision ten thousand times, and we can now "see" the individual atoms and molecules.
Página 11 - Hubble's law states that the more distant a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | Scientists and Their Discoveries Documenting the past History in Writing Series |
| Autor | Christine Hatt |
| Edição | ilustrada, reimpressão, revista |
| Editora | Evans Brothers, 2006 |
| ISBN | 023753195X, 9780237531959 |
| Número de páginas | 62 páginas |
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