Book ID: CBB000201734

Cambridge Scientific Minds (2002)

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Harman, Peter M. (Editor)
Mitton, Simon A. (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: viii + 343 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Contents: Harman, Peter, Introduction; Pumfrey, Stephen, William Gilbert; Cunningham, Andrew, William Harvey; Hall, Rupert, Isaac Newton; Yeo, Richard, William Whewell; Oldroyd, David, Adam Sedgwick; Hyman, Anthony, Charles Babbage; Bowler, Peter, Charles Darwin; Wilson, David, Stokes and Kelvin; Schaffer, Simon, James Clerk Maxwell; Grattan-Guinness, Ivor, Russell and Whitehead; Pippard, Brian, Thomson and Rutherford; Kamminga, Harmke, Gowland Hopkins; Tansey, Tilli, Sherrington and Adrian; Wilson, Robin, Hardy and Littlewood; Longair, Malcolm, Arthur Eddington; Kragh, Helge, Paul Dirac; Hodges, Andrew, Alan Turing; Olby, Robert, Crick and Watson; Körner, Tom, Mary Cartwright; Blue, Gregory, Joseph Needham; Perutz, Max, Molecular biology; Hewish, Antony, Radioastronomy; Mitton, Simon, Stephen Hawking. (from publisher's web page)


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