Peter Harman

Cambridge Scientific Minds

Herausgeber: Harman, P. M.; Mitton, Simon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cambridge Scientific Minds provides a portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University of Cambridge over the past 400 years, including accounts of the work of three of the greatest figures in the entire history of science, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and James Clerk Maxwell.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9780521786126
• ISBN-10: 0521786126
• Artikelnr.: 21513234

Autorenporträt

Peter Harman is Professor of the History of Science at Lancaster University. At Cambridge he lectured in the history of science and was a Research Fellow of Clare Hall. He has written several books published by Cambridge University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Peter Harman
1. William Gilbert Stephen Pumfrey
2. William Harvey Andrew Cunningham
3. Isaac Newton Rupert Hall
4. William Whewell Richard Yeo
5. Adam Sedgwick David Oldroyd
6. Charles Babbage Anthony Hyman
7. Charles Darwin Peter Bowler
8. Stokes and Kelvin David Wilson
9. James Clerk Maxwell Simon Schaffer
10. Russell and Whitehead Ivor Grattan-Guinness
11. Thomson and Rutherford Brian Pippard
12. Gowland Hopkins Harmke Kamminga
13. Sherrington and Adrian Tilli Tansey
14. Hardy and Littlewood Robin Wilson
15. Arthur Eddington Malcolm Longair
16. Paul Dirac Helge Kragh
17. Alan Turing Andrew Hodges
18. Crick and Watson Robert Olby
19. Mary Cartwright Tom Körner
20. Joseph Needham Gregory Blue
21. Molecular biology Max Perutz
22. Radioastronomy Antony Hewish
23. Stephen Hawking Simon Mitton.