Author:
Title:
The Discoveries / Alan Lightman.--
Classification:
509 L724
Publisher:
New York , NY, Estados Unidos : Pantheon, c2005.
Description:
xviii, 553 p. : il. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
0375421688
Notes:
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Notes:
Great breakthroughs in 20th Century science.
Contents:
The Quantum. - Hormones. - The particle nature of light. - Special relativity. - The nucleus of the atom. - The size of the cosmos. - The arrangement of atoms in solid
matter. - The Quantum atom. - The Means of Communication between nerves. - The Uncertainty principle. - The Chemical bond. - The Expansion of the universe. - Antibiotics. - The means of
production of energy in living organisms. - Nuclear fission. - The movability of genes. - The structure of DNA. - The structure of Proteins. - Radio Waves from the Big Bang. - A unified
theory of Forces. - Quarks: a tiniest essence of matter. - The creation of altered forms of life. --
