Galileo's finger: the ten great ideas of science/
Atkins, Peter
Galileo's finger: the ten great ideas of science/ Peter Atkins - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. - vi, 388 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
The emergence of understanding --
Evolution : the emergence of complexity --
DNA : the rationalization of biology --
Energy : the universalization of accountancy --
Entropy : the spring of change --
Atoms : the reduction of matter --
Symmetry : the quantification of beauty --
Quanta : the simplification of understanding --
Cosmology : the globalization of reality --
Spacetime : the arena of action --
Arithmetic : the limits of reason --
The future of understanding.
9780198609414
Discoveries in science
Science
500 / ATK/G
Galileo's finger: the ten great ideas of science/ Peter Atkins - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. - vi, 388 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
The emergence of understanding --
Evolution : the emergence of complexity --
DNA : the rationalization of biology --
Energy : the universalization of accountancy --
Entropy : the spring of change --
Atoms : the reduction of matter --
Symmetry : the quantification of beauty --
Quanta : the simplification of understanding --
Cosmology : the globalization of reality --
Spacetime : the arena of action --
Arithmetic : the limits of reason --
The future of understanding.
9780198609414
Discoveries in science
Science
500 / ATK/G