A century of nature : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg.

A century of nature : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world /

Offering a firsthand chronicle of some of the most decisive moments in twentieth century science, this volume will interest anyone who wants to relive the thrill (or frustration) of scientific discovery.

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Other Authors: Garwin, Laura, Lincoln, Tim
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Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Nature (London, England)
Science > History.
Science > Social aspects > History.
Discoveries in science.
Science and civilization.
Science > history
Civilization > history
Social Conditions > history
Electronic books.
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880 0 |6 505-00/(S  |a Foreword / by Steven Weinberg -- Preface / by Laura Garwin and Tim Lincoln -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- Raymond Dart and our African origins / C.K. Brain -- 1925: "Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa" / Raymond A. Dart -- Electrons make waves / Akira Tonomura -- 1927: "The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel" / C. Davisson and L.H. Germer -- The atom completed / Maurice Goldhaber -- 1932: "Possible existence of a neutron" / J. Chadwick -- Superfluidity: a new state of matter / Allan Griffin -- 1938: "Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point" / P. Kapitza -- From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons / Joseph Rotblat -- 1939: "Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction" / Lise Meitner and O.R. Frisch -- The double helix / Sydney Brenner -- 1953: "A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid" / J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick -- Dawn of structural biology / Gregory A. Petsko -- 1958: "A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis" / J.C. Kendrew, G. Bodo, H.M. Dintzis, R.G. Parrish, H. Wyckoff, and D.C. Phillips -- The first laser / Charles H. Townes -- 1960: "Stimulated optical radiation in ruby" / T.H. Maiman -- The quasar enigma / Malcolm Longair -- 1963: "3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift" / M. Schmidt -- Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents / Dan McKenzie -- 1963: "Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges" / F.J. Vine and D.H. Matthews -- Stellar timekeepers / Joseph H. Taylor -- 1968: "Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source" / A. Hewish, S.J. Bell, J.D.H. Pilkington, P.F. Scott, and R.A. Collins -- Viruses reverse the genetic flow / Robin A. Weiss -- 1970: "RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses" / David Baltimore ; "RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of Rous sarcoma virus" / Howard M. Temin and Satoshi Mizutani -- Images of body and brain / Marcus E. Raichle -- 1973: "Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance" / P.C. Lauterbur -- Journey to the T cell / Jonathan C. Howard -- 1974: "Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system" / R.M. Zinkernagel and P.C. Doherty -- Molecular switches for "animal electricity" / Fred J. Sigworth -- 1976: "Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres" / Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann -- DNA sequencing: the silent revolution / Peter Little -- 1977: "Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage [phi]X174 DNA" / F. Sanger, G.M. Air, B.G. Barrell, N.L. Brown, A.R. Coulson, J.C. Fiddes, C.A. Hutchison III, P.M. Slocombe, and M. Smith -- The blueprint of animals revealed / Ginés Morata -- 1980: "Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila" / Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus -- A hole in Earth's shield / Richard S. Stolarski -- 1985: "Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction" / J.C. Farman, B.G. Gardiner, and J.D. Shanklin -- Carbon cages and carbon tubes / Philip Ball -- 1985: "C₆₀: buckminsterfullerene" / H.W. Kroto, J.R. Heath, S.C. O'Brien, R.F. Curl, and R.E. Smalley -- Seeking other solar systems / Gordon A.H. Walker -- 1995: "A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star" / Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz -- Dolly! / Davor Solter --1997: "Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells" / I. Wilmut, A.E. Schnieke, J. McWhir, A.J. Kind, and K.H.S. Campbell. 
880 0 |6 505-01/(S  |a Foreword / by Steven Weinberg -- Preface / by Laura Garwin and Tim Lincoln -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- Raymond Dart and our African origins / C.K. Brain -- 1925: "Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa" / Raymond A. Dart -- Electrons make waves / Akira Tonomura -- 1927: "The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel" / C. Davisson and L.H. Germer -- The atom completed / Maurice Goldhaber -- 1932: "Possible existence of a neutron" / J. Chadwick -- Superfluidity: a new state of matter / Allan Griffin -- 1938: "Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point" / P. Kapitza -- From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons / Joseph Rotblat -- 1939: "Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction" / Lise Meitner and O.R. Frisch -- The double helix / Sydney Brenner -- 1953: "A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid" / J.D. Watson and F.H.C. Crick -- Dawn of structural biology / Gregory A. Petsko -- 1958: "A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis" / J.C. Kendrew, G. Bodo, H.M. Dintzis, R.G. Parrish, H. Wyckoff, and D.C. Phillips -- The first laser / Charles H. Townes -- 1960: "Stimulated optical radiation in ruby" / T.H. Maiman -- The quasar enigma / Malcolm Longair -- 1963: "3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift" / M. Schmidt -- Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents / Dan McKenzie -- 1963: "Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges" / F.J. Vine and D.H. Matthews -- Stellar timekeepers / Joseph H. Taylor -- 1968: "Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source" / A. Hewish, S.J. Bell, J.D.H. Pilkington, P.F. Scott, and R.A. Collins -- Viruses reverse the genetic flow / Robin A. Weiss -- 1970: "RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses" / David Baltimore ; "RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of Rous sarcoma virus" / Howard M. Temin and Satoshi Mizutani -- Images of body and brain / Marcus E. Raichle -- 1973: "Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance" / P.C. Lauterbur -- Journey to the T cell / Jonathan C. Howard -- 1974: "Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system" / R.M. Zinkernagel and P.C. Doherty -- Molecular switches for "animal electricity" / Fred J. Sigworth -- 1976: "Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres" / Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann -- DNA sequencing: the silent revolution / Peter Little -- 1977: "Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage [phi]X174 DNA" / F. Sanger, G.M. Air, B.G. Barrell, N.L. Brown, A.R. Coulson, J.C. Fiddes, C.A. Hutchison III, P.M. Slocombe, and M. Smith -- The blueprint of animals revealed / Ginés Morata -- 1980: "Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila" / Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus -- A hole in Earth's shield / Richard S. Stolarski -- 1985: "Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction" / J.C. Farman, B.G. Gardiner, and J.D. Shanklin -- Carbon cages and carbon tubes / Philip Ball -- 1985: "C₆₀: buckminsterfullerene" / H.W. Kroto, J.R. Heath, S.C. O'Brien, R.F. Curl, and R.E. Smalley -- Seeking other solar systems / Gordon A.H. Walker -- 1995: "A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star" / Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz -- Dolly! / Davor Solter --1997: "Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells" / I. Wilmut, A.E. Schnieke, J. McWhir, A.J. Kind, and K.H.S. Campbell. 
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