Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science (Peter Atkins)

Hal Harris
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri–St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4401
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (10), p 1423
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1423.1
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 2004

Abstract

The Ten Great Ideas of Science begins with evolution and DNA, and ends with the branch of discrete mathematics usually called formal logic. Between, atomic theory and thermodynamics, particles and symmetry, relativity and cosmology are discussed.

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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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