The Science Class You Wish You Had: The Seven Greatest Scientific Discoveries in History and the People Who Made Them - Softcover

Brody, David Eliot; Brody, Arnold R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399523138 ISBN 13: 9780399523137

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

Looks at gravity, the structure of the atom, relativity, the Big Bang, evolution, genetics, and DNA

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From the Author

Humankind's understanding of life and the universe.
My brother and I explain the seven greatest scientific discoveries conceptually, so the reader does not have to know math or detailed chemistry. The seven greatest scientific discoveries in history are: (1)Gravity and the basic laws of physics; (2)The structure of the atom; (3)Relativity; (4)The Big Bang; (5)Evolution; (6)The cell; and (7)The structure of the DNA molecule. These are seven findings so profound that almost everything else that humankind understands in science is based on them. By focusing on these scientific discoveries, we hope to make science interesting and within every reader's grasp, to render science intelligible for the non-expert, and to challenge personal myths, perceptions and assumptions. We also place these discoveries in their historical context and carefully examine the lives of the scientists. Dr. Martin Rodbell, Nobel Prize recipient, calls this book, "an important book to read, whether the reader is completely ignorant of science or is a professional scientist." The book has received worldwide attention, and is being translated and published simultaneously in several other countries on five continents around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399523138
• ISBN 13: 9780399523137
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376