Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Profiles 472 figures in the history of scientific investigation, from medical researcher Maude Abbott to inventor Vladimir Zworykin. Focusing on the "hard" sciences, entries include a list of contributions, a time line, major awards and honors, and milestones in education, research, employment, and private life. Boxes within each article provide further coverage of specific theories, research, inventions or discoveries. Highschool readers in particular will benefit from the clear explanations, glossary, and pronunciation guides. c. Book News Inc.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists: Mach-Schrödinger
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Profiles 472 figures in the history of scientific investigation, from medical researcher Maude Abbott to inventor Vladimir Zworykin. Focusing on the "hard" sciences, entries include a list of contributions, a time line, major awards and honors, and milestones in education, research, employment, and private life. Boxes within each article provide further coverage of specific theories, research, inventions or discoveries. Highschool readers in particular will benefit from the clear explanations, glossary, and pronunciation guides. c. Book News Inc.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Profiles 472 figures in the history of scientific investigation, from medical researcher Maude Abbott to inventor Vladimir Zworykin. Focusing on the "hard" sciences, entries include a list of contributions, a time line, major awards and honors, and milestones in education, research, employment, and private life. Boxes within each article provide further coverage of specific theories, research, inventions or discoveries. Highschool readers in particular will benefit from the clear explanations, glossary, and pronunciation guides. c. Book News Inc.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists
Author: John Daintith
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420072722
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
This new edition of the highly regarded Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists focuses on the achievements of 2400 scientists, explaining the nature and importance of those achievements. The book covers traditional science, including physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and earth science, along with mathematics, engineering, technology, and computer science. It also includes key figures from anthropology, psychology, and the philosophy of science. This fully updated edition features pronunciation guidelines, quotations, website links, and suggestions for further reading. Each cross-referenced entry includes chronology, institution, publication, and discipline.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420072722
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
This new edition of the highly regarded Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists focuses on the achievements of 2400 scientists, explaining the nature and importance of those achievements. The book covers traditional science, including physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and earth science, along with mathematics, engineering, technology, and computer science. It also includes key figures from anthropology, psychology, and the philosophy of science. This fully updated edition features pronunciation guidelines, quotations, website links, and suggestions for further reading. Each cross-referenced entry includes chronology, institution, publication, and discipline.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists, Second Edition - 2 Volume Set
Author: John Daintith
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780750302876
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists: Second Edition, 2 Volume Set examines the lives and careers of noteworthy scientists and thinkers through the ages, illuminating the progress of science and its impact on society in general. From Aristotle and the beginnings of objective observations, to twentieth century giants, Freud and Hawking, this extensive in-depth reference explores the men and women who have shaped our ideas and the world in which we live today. Extensively revised and updated, this second edition comprises two substantial illustrated volumes that contain over 2,000 biographical entries and over half a million words. It looks and reads like a "Who's Who" of the world of scientific thought, providing an in-depth listing of prominent historical as well as modern figures of science and medicine. The main biographical entries are arranged alphabetically and summarize the individual's life and contribution to science. The volumes also include a chronology of the history of science from 590 BC to the present, a subject index, and a bibliography of key publications in the history of scientific thought. For anyone researching the world of scientific personalities and ideas, this unique reference work will be indispensable.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780750302876
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists: Second Edition, 2 Volume Set examines the lives and careers of noteworthy scientists and thinkers through the ages, illuminating the progress of science and its impact on society in general. From Aristotle and the beginnings of objective observations, to twentieth century giants, Freud and Hawking, this extensive in-depth reference explores the men and women who have shaped our ideas and the world in which we live today. Extensively revised and updated, this second edition comprises two substantial illustrated volumes that contain over 2,000 biographical entries and over half a million words. It looks and reads like a "Who's Who" of the world of scientific thought, providing an in-depth listing of prominent historical as well as modern figures of science and medicine. The main biographical entries are arranged alphabetically and summarize the individual's life and contribution to science. The volumes also include a chronology of the history of science from 590 BC to the present, a subject index, and a bibliography of key publications in the history of scientific thought. For anyone researching the world of scientific personalities and ideas, this unique reference work will be indispensable.
Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science
Author: Alwyn Scott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455589
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1107
Book Description
In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems in ecology and biological systems, chemical reaction-diffusion problems, geophysics, economics, electrical and mechanical oscillations in engineering systems, lasers and nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics and turbulence, and condensed matter physics, among others.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455589
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1107
Book Description
In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems in ecology and biological systems, chemical reaction-diffusion problems, geophysics, economics, electrical and mechanical oscillations in engineering systems, lasers and nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics and turbulence, and condensed matter physics, among others.
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Author: Suzanne Michele Bourgoin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780787622213
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780787622213
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Science and technology
Author: Albert John Walford
Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
A revised and updated guide to reference material. It contains selective and evaluative entries to guide the enquirer to the best source of reference in each subject area, be it journal article, CD-ROM, on-line database, bibliography, encyclopaedia, monograph or directory. It features full critical annotations and reviewers' comments and comprehensive author-title and subject indexes. The contents include: mathematics; astronomy and surveying; physics; chemistry; earth sciences; palaeontology; anthropology; biology; natural history; botany; zoology; patents and interventions; medicine; engineering; transport vehicles; agriculture and livestock; household management; communication; chemical industry; manufactures; industries, trades and crafts; and the building industry.
Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
A revised and updated guide to reference material. It contains selective and evaluative entries to guide the enquirer to the best source of reference in each subject area, be it journal article, CD-ROM, on-line database, bibliography, encyclopaedia, monograph or directory. It features full critical annotations and reviewers' comments and comprehensive author-title and subject indexes. The contents include: mathematics; astronomy and surveying; physics; chemistry; earth sciences; palaeontology; anthropology; biology; natural history; botany; zoology; patents and interventions; medicine; engineering; transport vehicles; agriculture and livestock; household management; communication; chemical industry; manufactures; industries, trades and crafts; and the building industry.
Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists: Schwarzschild-Zworykin. Index
Author: Richard Olson
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corporation
ISBN: 9780761470984
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1460
Book Description
Short biographical sketches of scientist in all fields, arranged alphabetically by surname.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corporation
ISBN: 9780761470984
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1460
Book Description
Short biographical sketches of scientist in all fields, arranged alphabetically by surname.
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Author:
Publisher: Gale
ISBN: 9780787625542
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
Publisher: Gale
ISBN: 9780787625542
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.
Ernst Mach
Author: John T. Blackmore
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520325699
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520325699
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.
Biographical Encyclopedia Of Science And Technology
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 941
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 941
Book Description