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The Resource ¡Eureka! : 50 científicos que dieron forma a la historia humana, John Grant, (electronic resource)
¡Eureka! : 50 científicos que dieron forma a la historia humana, John Grant, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Galileo, Einstein, Curie, Darwin, Hawking - we know the names, but how much do we really know about these people? Galileo gained notoriety from his battle with the Vatican over the question of heliocentrism, but did you know that he was also an accomplished lute player? And Darwin of course discovered the principle by which new species are formed, but his bold curiosity extended to the dinner table as well. (And how many people can say they've eaten an owl!) In Eureka! John Grant - author of Debunk It!, Discarded Science, Spooky Science and many others - offers fifty vivid portraits of groundbreaking scientists, focusing not just on the ideas and breakthroughs that made them so important but also on their lives and their various...quirks
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781541579606
- Label
- ¡Eureka! : 50 científicos que dieron forma a la historia humana
- Title
- ¡Eureka!
- Title remainder
- 50 científicos que dieron forma a la historia humana
- Statement of responsibility
- John Grant
- Title variation
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- 50 científicos que dieron forma a la historia humana
- Cincuenta científicos que dieron forma a la historia humana
- Subject
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- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
- Biographies
- Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601
- Burnell, S. Jocelyn
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Chandrasekhar, S., (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
- Châtelet, François, 1925-1985
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
- Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
- Discoveries in science -- History
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Electronic books
- Euclid
- Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
- Florey, Howard, Baron Florey, 1898-1968
- Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
- Hansen, James E., (James Edward), 1941-
- Harvey, William, 1578-1657
- Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018
- Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976
- Hippocrates
- Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953
- Hutton, James, 1726-1797
- Hypatia, -415
- Inventors -- Biography
- Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
- Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
- Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
- Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765
- Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852
- Lovelock, James, 1919-
- Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879
- Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968
- Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884
- Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
- Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
- Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979
- Pythagoras
- Riemann, Bernhard, 1826-1866
- Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995
- Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961
- Scientists -- Biography
- Semmelweis, Ignác Fülöp, 1818-1865
- Smith, William, 1769-1839
- Tolomei, Claudio, 1492-1555
- Watt, James, 1736-1819
- Wegener, Alfred, 1880-1930
- Turing, Alan, 1912-1954
- Archimedes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Galileo, Einstein, Curie, Darwin, Hawking - we know the names, but how much do we really know about these people? Galileo gained notoriety from his battle with the Vatican over the question of heliocentrism, but did you know that he was also an accomplished lute player? And Darwin of course discovered the principle by which new species are formed, but his bold curiosity extended to the dinner table as well. (And how many people can say they've eaten an owl!) In Eureka! John Grant - author of Debunk It!, Discarded Science, Spooky Science and many others - offers fifty vivid portraits of groundbreaking scientists, focusing not just on the ideas and breakthroughs that made them so important but also on their lives and their various...quirks
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grant, John
- Dewey number
- 509.22
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- hoopla digital
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- Pythagoras
- Hippocrates
- Euclid
- Archimedes
- Tolomei, Claudio
- Hypatia
- Brahe, Tycho
- Bacon, Francis
- Galilei, Galileo
- Kepler, Johannes
- Harvey, William
- Newton, Isaac
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
- Châtelet, François
- Linné, Carl von
- Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich
- Hutton, James
- Watt, James
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
- Jenner, Edward
- Dalton, John
- Smith, William
- Faraday, Michael
- Darwin, Charles
- Lovelace, Ada King
- Semmelweis, Ignác Fülöp
- Mendel, Gregor
- Pasteur, Louis
- Riemann, Bernhard
- Maxwell, James Clerk
- Curie, Marie
- Meitner, Lise
- Einstein, Albert
- Wegener, Alfred
- Schrödinger, Erwin
- Hubble, Edwin
- Florey, Howard
- Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia
- Heisenberg, Werner
- Carson, Rachel
- Chandrasekhar, S.
- Turing, Alan
- Salk, Jonas
- Lovelock, James
- Franklin, Rosalind
- Hawking, Stephen
- Burnell, S. Jocelyn
- Hansen, James E.
- Scientists
- Inventors
- Discoveries in science
- Electronic books
- Target audience
- adult
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- ¡Eureka! : 50 científicos que dieron forma a la historia humana, John Grant, (electronic resource)
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- Link
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- Color
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- Content category
- text
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- Form of item
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- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
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Subject
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
- Biographies
- Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601
- Burnell, S. Jocelyn
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
- Chandrasekhar, S., (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
- Châtelet, François, 1925-1985
- Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
- Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
- Discoveries in science -- History
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Electronic books
- Euclid
- Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867
- Florey, Howard, Baron Florey, 1898-1968
- Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
- Hansen, James E., (James Edward), 1941-
- Harvey, William, 1578-1657
- Hawking, Stephen, 1942-2018
- Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976
- Hippocrates
- Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953
- Hutton, James, 1726-1797
- Hypatia, -415
- Inventors -- Biography
- Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823
- Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
- Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
- Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765
- Lovelace, Ada King, Countess of, 1815-1852
- Lovelock, James, 1919-
- Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879
- Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968
- Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884
- Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
- Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
- Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979
- Pythagoras
- Riemann, Bernhard, 1826-1866
- Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995
- Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961
- Scientists -- Biography
- Semmelweis, Ignác Fülöp, 1818-1865
- Smith, William, 1769-1839
- Tolomei, Claudio, 1492-1555
- Watt, James, 1736-1819
- Wegener, Alfred, 1880-1930
- Turing, Alan, 1912-1954
- Archimedes
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