The Discoveries: The Great Breakthroughs In 20th Century Science - Hardcover

Lightman, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375421688 ISBN 13: 9780375421686

Verlag: Pantheon Books, 2005

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Book by Lightman Alan

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A critical overview of some of the great scientific discoveries of the twentieth century examines the impact of each breakthrough, the personalities and human drama involved, and its meaning in terms of the pattern of scientific discovery, drawing on the original papers of Einstein, Bohr, McClintock, Pauling, and other notable scientists. 50,000 first printing.

Biografía del autor:

Alan Lightman was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and educated at Princeton and at the California Institute of Technology, where he received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. An active research scientist in astronomy and physics for two decades, he has also taught both subjects on the faculties of Harvard and MIT. Lightman’s novels include Einstein’s Dreams, which was an international best seller; Good Benito; The Diagnosis, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; and Reunion. His essays have appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Nature, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker, among other publications. He lives in Massachusetts, where he is adjunct professor of humanities at MIT.

Einstein’s Dreams, The Diagnosis, and Reunion are
available in paperback from Vintage Books.

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• Verlag: Pantheon Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0375421688
• ISBN 13: 9780375421686
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 533