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Eureka!: The Most Amazing Scientific Discoveries of All Time
96 pp.
| Thames |
May, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-0-500-65025-7$19.95
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In an engaging, browsable volume, Goldsmith profiles nineteen scientific breakthroughs and the people credited with those discoveries. Grouped by topics (e.g., medicine, planet earth, the universe), each four-page section includes an overview of the concept, a full-page photo or illustration of the scientist, and an account of how the discovery was made. Additional illustrations help to explain the scientific content. Timeline. Glos., ind.