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Goldsmith, Mike, 1962-

Eureka! : the most amazing scientific discoveries of all time / Dr. Mike Goldsmith. - London; Thames & Hudson, c2014. - 95 pages; illustrations (some color); 27 cm.

Includes index.

Scientific discoveries: where and when -- Seeing the invisible : Antonie van Leeuwenhoek -- A cure for a killer disease : Louis Pasteur -- Discovering penicillin : Alexander Fleming -- The fight against disease : Gertrude Elion -- Mapping the body : William Harvey -- The secret of life : Francis Crick and James Watson -- Laws of the universe : Isaac Newton -- Experiments in space and time : Albert Einstein -- Investigating radioactivity : Marie Curie -- The periodic table : Dmitri Mendeleev -- The power of electricity : Michael Faraday -- Naming the natural world : Carl Linnaeus -- The theory of evolution : Charles Darwin -- Unmasking dinosaurs : Richard Owen -- Drifting continents : Alfred Wegener -- Defining our solar system : Nicolaus Copernicus -- Looking into space : Galileo Galilei -- Discovering galaxies : Edwin Hubble -- The big bang : Georges Lemaître -- Glossary.

Describes how some of the most important scientific discoveries and theories came about and offers insights into the lives of the scientists who made the contributions.--

ISBN: 9780500650257 (hc) 050065025X (hc)

LCCN: 2013948277

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016596452 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Discoveries in science--History--Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Juvenile works.
History.

LC Class. No.: Q180.55.D57 / G65 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 509