| Description |
xviii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Raymond Dart and our African origins / C.K. Brain 1 -- 2 Electrons make waves / Akira Tonomura 21 -- 3 The atom completed / Maurice Goldhaber 37 -- 4 Superfluidity: a new state of matter / Allan Griffin 49 -- 5 From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons / Joseph Rotblat 61 -- 6 The double helix / Sydney Brenner 73 -- 7 Dawn of structural biology / Gregory A. Petsko 85 -- 8 The first laser / Charles H. Townes 105 -- 9 The quasar enigma / Malcolm Longair 115 -- 10 Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents / Dan McKenzie 129 -- 11 Stellar timekeepers / Joseph H. Taylor 145 -- 12 Viruses reverse the genetic flow / Robin A. Weiss 165 -- 13 Images of body and brain / Marcus E. Raichle 187 -- 14 Journey to the T cell / Jonathan C. Howard 201 -- 15 Molecular switches for "animal electricity" / Fred J. Sigworth 215 -- 16 DNA sequencing: the silent revolution / Peter Little 231 -- 17 The blueprint of animals revealed / Gines Morata 259 -- 18 A hole in Earth's shield / Richard S. Stolarski 281 -- 19 Carbon cages and carbon tubes / Philip Ball 299 -- 20 Seeking other solar systems / Gordon A.H. Walker 313 -- 21 Dolly! / Davor Solter 333. |
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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. |
| Summary |
[Publisher-supplied data] Many of the scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century were first reported in the journal Nature. A Century of Nature brings together in one volume Nature's greatest hits--reproductions of seminal contributions that changed science and the world, accompanied by essays written by leading scientists (including four Nobel laureates) that provide historical context for each article, explain its insights in graceful, accessible prose, and celebrate the serendipity of discovery and the rewards of searching for needles in haystacks. |
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Nature (London, England)
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Science -- History.
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Science -- Social aspects -- History.
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Discoveries in science.
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Science and civilization.
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Nature (London, England)
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Science -- history. (DNLM)D012586Q000266
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Civilization -- history. (DNLM)D002962Q000266
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Social Conditions -- history. (DNLM)D012924Q000266
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30.01 history of the exact sciences. (NL-LeOCL)077601750
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Nature (London, England) (OCoLC)fst01384954
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Discoveries in science. (OCoLC)fst00894959
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Science. (OCoLC)fst01108176
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Science and civilization. (OCoLC)fst01108517
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Science -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01108360
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Nature Zeitschrift, London (DE-588)4499779-6
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Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8
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Natuurwetenschappen.
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Ontdekkingen.
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Sociale aspecten.
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INVENTIONS.
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HISTORIES.
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Geschichte 1925-1997.
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Quelle.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Quelle.
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Garwin, Laura.
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Lincoln, Tim.
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| ISBN |
0226284131 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780226284132 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0226284158 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780226284156 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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