Galileo's finger : the ten great ideas of science
Atkins, Peter2003
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Any literate person should be familiar with the central ideas of modern science, the author asserts. In this book, Peter Atkins introduces his choice of the ten great ideas of science, leading the reader through the emergence of concepts and showing how simple ideas can have enormous consequences.
Main title:
Galileo's finger : the ten great ideas of science / Peter Atkins.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Collation:
viii, 380 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-368) and index.
ISBN:
9780198606642 (hbk)
Dewey class:
500
Local class:
500
Language:
English
BRN:
2173388
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