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Science, a history, 1543-2001 / John Gribbin.

By: Gribbin, John R.
Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2003Description: xxii, 646 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0140297413 (pbk.).Subject(s): Science -- HistoryDDC classification: 509
Contents:
List of illustrations. - Acknowledgments. - Introduction. - Book 1: Out of the dark ages. 1. Renaissance men. 2. The last mystics. - 3. Rhe first scientists. - Book 2. The founding fathers. 4. Science finds its feet. 5. The 'Newtonian revolution'. 6. Expanding horizons. - Book 3. The enlightenment. 7. Enlightened science 1: Chemistry catches up. 8. Enlightened science II: Progress on all fronts. - Book 4. The big picture. 9. The 'Darwinian revolution'. 10. Atoms and molecules. 11. Let there be light. 12. The last hurrah! of classical science. - Book 5. Modern times. 13. Inner space. 14. The realm of life. 15. Outer space. - Coda: The pleasure of finding things out. - Bibliography. - Index.
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List of illustrations. - Acknowledgments. - Introduction. - Book 1: Out of the dark ages. 1. Renaissance men. 2. The last mystics. - 3. Rhe first scientists. - Book 2. The founding fathers. 4. Science finds its feet. 5. The 'Newtonian revolution'. 6. Expanding horizons. - Book 3. The enlightenment. 7. Enlightened science 1: Chemistry catches up. 8. Enlightened science II: Progress on all fronts. - Book 4. The big picture. 9. The 'Darwinian revolution'. 10. Atoms and molecules. 11. Let there be light. 12. The last hurrah! of classical science. - Book 5. Modern times. 13. Inner space. 14. The realm of life. 15. Outer space. - Coda: The pleasure of finding things out. - Bibliography. - Index.