| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Series |
The Britannica guide to the world's most influential people |
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Britannica guide to the world's most influential people.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ASCLEPIUS; HIPPOCRATES; ARISTOTLE; PLINY THE ELDER; PTOLEMY; GALEN OF PERGAMUM; AVICENNA; ROGER BACON; LEONARDO DA VINCI; NICOLAUS COPERNICUS; PARACELSUS; ANDREAS VESALIUS; TYCHO BRAHE; GIORDANO BRUNO; GALILEO; JOHANNES KEPLER; WILLIAM HARVEY; ROBERT BOYLE; ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK; ROBERT HOOKE; JOHN RAY; SIR ISAAC NEWTON; CAROLUS LINNAEUS; HENRY CAVENDISH; JOSEPH PRIESTLEY; LUIGI GALVANI; SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL; ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER; PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE; EDWARD JENNER; JOHN DALTON; GEORGES CUVIER; ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. |
| Summary |
It has been said that when it comes to success, it isn't what you know, but who you know. The 100 Most Influential Scientists of All Time is one title in this 8 book series, in which readers get the best of both worlds. Concise but information-packed biographies detail the lives and life's work of hundreds of leading individuals from an assortment of disciplines. Readers will get to know the foremost minds within science, art, writing, music, invention, politics and philosophy. Each valuable compendium offers a comprehensive index, complementary visuals, and behind-the-scenes details that reve. |
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Science -- Popular works.
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Science -- History -- Popular works.
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Scientists -- Biography -- Popular works.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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| Added Author |
Rogers, Kara.
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| Added Title |
One hundred most influential scientists of all time |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 100 most influential scientists of all time. 1st ed. New York, NY : Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2010 9781615300020 1615300023 (DLC) 2009026069 (OCoLC)424454752 |
| ISBN |
9781615300402 (electronic bk.) |
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1615300406 (electronic bk.) |
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