{"product_id":"remarkable-discoveries-paperback-9780521589536","title":"Remarkable Discoveries! (Paperback) 9780521589536","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRemarkable Discoveries!\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book takes the reader on an exhilarating tour through scientific discoveries that have benefited humanity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Ashall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521589536, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 June 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages, 35 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… helps interested readers prepare for the new miracles of science and leaves them also eager to learn more about them'. The Chemical Intelligencer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRemarkable Discoveries shows how scientists have made great discoveries that have pushed back the frontiers of knowledge and have changed the way we look at the world. Frank Ashall, scientist and writer, takes us on a magical mystery tour of eighteen major scientific discoveries. Electricity, X-rays, DNA fingerprinting and the Big Bang are but a few of the achievements on which the author writes. We delve into the world of the researcher and experience the excitement as each discovery is unfolded. Can we thank chance or just intelligence and hard work for the scientists' success? The personalities, the trials, the triumphs are all here. Remarkable Discoveries takes the reader on an exhilarating tour through some of the major scientific discoveries that have benefited humanity.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Useful information\u003cbr\u003e 1. The father of electricity\u003cbr\u003e 2. One giant leap for mankind\u003cbr\u003e 3. Medicine's marvellous rays\u003cbr\u003e 4. Things that glow in the dark\u003cbr\u003e 5. Parcels of light\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dr Einstein's fountain pen\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Big Bang, or how it all began\u003cbr\u003e 8. Molecular soccerballs\u003cbr\u003e 9. Jostling plates, earthquakes and volcanoes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Soda pop, phlogiston and Lavoisier's oxygen\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of beer, vinegar, milk, silk and germs\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of milkmaids, chickens and mad dogs\u003cbr\u003e 13. Malaria's cunning seeds\u003cbr\u003e 14. Penicillin from pure pursuits\u003cbr\u003e 15. DNA, the alphabet of life\u003cbr\u003e 16. Cutting DNA with molecular scissors\u003cbr\u003e 17. DNA, the molecular detective\u003cbr\u003e 18. Magic bullets\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Popular science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Popular science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Popular%20science%20%5BPDZ%5D%22\"\u003ePDZ\u003c\/a\u003e], History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46066021859608,"sku":"9780521589536","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521589536i.jpg?v=1691408900","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/remarkable-discoveries-paperback-9780521589536","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}