Science--A.S.A.P.: As Simple As Possible - Softcover
From the appearance of the first humans through today's cutting-edge technologies, here are 200 scientific events that shaped the way we live today.
€ How did Pasteur save the wine industry of France?
€ How is it that blood transfusions were invented in the 1700s-but weren't safe for another two hundred years?
€ How did Madame Curie set the stage for the development of atomic energy-and atomic weaponry?
€ How did Pasteur save the wine industry of France?
€ How is it that blood transfusions were invented in the 1700s-but weren't safe for another two hundred years?
€ How did Madame Curie set the stage for the development of atomic energy-and atomic weaponry?
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About the Author:
Alan Axelrod, Ph.D., is a former professor of English at the University of Iowa. Currently an executive in the publishing industry, he has authored dozens of books, including America's Wars; The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore, and the four-volume Encyclopedia of the American West. He has served as a consultant to numerous museums and cultural institutions and has been a creative consultant for, and on-camera personality in, the "Wild West" television documentary series, "Civil War Journal" on A&E, and The Discovery Channel.
From Publishers Weekly:
Quick-who was the first person to calculate the size of the Earth? (Eratosthenes in 240 B.C.-and he was surprisingly close to the mark). And whatever is Ohm's Law? ("The cornerstone of electrical science and engineering.") More than 200 great advances in science and math are reviewed here in short, easily digested chunks, one or two pages in length. While many of these facts were probably part of your high school curricula (Archimedes' principle, the Curies' work with radioactivity), others may be unfamiliar (the production of the first synthetic plastic in 1855). The selection is far-ranging, from biology to ethology and paleontology (though some might question how scientific the work of Josef Breuer and Freud was), and Axelrod (author of 60 books) offers deft, clear explanations even of such elusive discoveries as those in quantum mechanics. This is a useful little book to have on hand if you're a little rusty in science.
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- PublisherPrentice Hall Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0735203075
- ISBN 13 9780735203075
- BindingPaperback
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