Galileo's finger : the ten great ideas of science /

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Main Author: Atkins, P. W. 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.