Science : a history of discovery in the twentieth century / [edited by] Trevor I. Williams.
Examines the history of scientific discovery in the twentieth century. Supplemented by chronological tables, datafiles, special features, and capsule biographies.
Record details
- ISBN: 0195208439
- ISBN: 9780195208436
- Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Publisher: Oxford, England ; Oxford University Press, 1990.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "An Equinox book"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 250) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1900-1914 : the individual genius. Inventors of the future ; New specialties and connections ; The new physics -- 1914-1929 : the corporate spirit. War, pictures and plastics ; Toward modern medicine ; The expanding universe -- 1929-1945 : the liberation of energy. Power for industry and war ; The victory of chemotherapy ; Splitting the atom -- 1945-1960 : the universal panacea. The advent of electronics ; The secrets of heredity ; Big science -- 1960-1973 : The giant leap. The space age ; High-tech medicine ; Quarks, lasers and satellites -- 1973-1989 : the hidden costs. The computer-driven world ; The limits of progress ; Science : necessity or luxury?
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