Random House Webster's Dictionary of Scientists
Language: English
Published by Random House, New York, NY, 1998
- First Edition
- Softcover
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- Title
- Random House Webster's Dictionary of Scientists
- Author
- Helicon Publishing Ltd.
- Publisher
- Random House, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375700579
- ISBN 13
- 9780375700576
- Edition
- First Edition; Third Printing.
Open up Random House Webster's Dictionary of Scientists and find out what nuclear physicist Oppenheimer really felt about the atomic bomb; learn what drove Alan Turning, who helped crack the Nazi Enigma code, to suicide . . . and much more!
In clear, jargon-free language, this amazing collection of 1,800 biographies of scientific genius deals with many scientists from the 20th century and profiles more women of science than any other book.
The book features:
photos
illustrations
quotations
chronoliogical histories of every branch of science
abundant appendices that supplement the biographies to help answer any questions
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From the Back Cover
--New Scientist
"It strikes the right balance between scientific fact and human interest . . .the entries not only inform the reader of the scientific achievement of the individual but also provide personal background. This is a very well-presented volume and one that I can highly recommend."
--Bill Houston, Reference Review
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