Mid-nineteenth-century scientists
Mid-Nineteenth-Century Scientists collects together the significant biographies of eight English scientists, namely, Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin, James Prescott Joule, Hugh Powell, Joseph Lister, and William Henry Perkin. This book covers a wide range of topics in mathematics, biology, physics,...
| Other Authors: | North, John David,, ScienceDirect (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1969]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 190 pages) : illustrations. |
| Edition: | First edition]. |
| Series: |
Science and society (New York, N.Y.) ;
v. 4. Commonwealth and international library. Liberal studies division. |
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Table of Contents:
- Charles Babbage, by D. Nudds.
- Charles Darwin, by J. North.
- James Prescott Joule, by R. Fox.
- Hugh Powell, James Smith and Andrew Ross; makers of microscopes, by G. Turner.
- Joseph Lister, by E. Best.
- W.H. Perkin, by D. Veal.