Stories, mostly in the discoverers' own words, of discoveries in chemistry & physics, including teflon, freon, penicillin, insulin, rayon, oxygen, ring structure of benzene, helium, safety glass; atomic models, radioactivity, isotopes, quantum theory, cathode rays, positron, argon, fission, et cetera; discoverers quoted include Goodyear, Fleming, Nobel, Roentgen, Becquerel, Dalton, Priestley, Lavoisier, Daguerre, Kekule, Mendel, Rutherford, Bohr, Curie, Urey, Gay-Lussac, Avagadro, Planck, Mendeleev, Affhenius, Pauli, Rayleigh, Soddy, Meitner. Hardcover. Light wear to book; jacket shows light rubbing & creasing, tiny stains, minor cockling & heavier rubbing to spine. Text clean; x, 249 pages; index, appendixes including list of Nobel Prize winners, ages of scientists at time of discovery, dates & nationalities; references for each article, a few figures & equations. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # t0709

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Title: The Flash of Genius

Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, Princeton

Publication Date: 1963

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Established in 1991, Bookworks has had an on-line presence since 1999, shipping thousands of books to, well, dozens of countries. We have several thousand books on display at Angela's Attic and the Best of Beloit antique malls on Highway 75/Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois, and at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We have thousands of uncatalogued books, though we're trying very hard to get them listed; please feel free to email or call with any enquiries. Member MWABA (MidWest Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) and IOBA (International Online Bookseller's Association).

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