Why science? [[electronic resource] ] : to know, to understand, and to rely on results / / Roger G. Newton |
Autore | Newton Roger G |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (101 p.) |
Disciplina |
507.1
509 |
Soggetto topico | Scientists |
ISBN |
1-281-60365-1
9786613784346 981-4397-34-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1. We Want to Know; Looking at the Heavens; Exploratory Voyages; 2. We Want to Understand; Charles Darwin; Gregor Mendel; Louis Pasteur; Michael Faraday; Max Planck; Enrico Fermi; 3. Science; Chemistry as the Fundamental Science; How Physics Became Most Fundamental; On Reductionism; References and Further Reading; Illustration Credits; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790318603321 |
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Why science? [[electronic resource] ] : to know, to understand, and to rely on results / / Roger G. Newton |
Autore | Newton Roger G |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (101 p.) |
Disciplina |
507.1
509 |
Soggetto topico | Scientists |
ISBN |
1-281-60365-1
9786613784346 981-4397-34-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction; 1. We Want to Know; Looking at the Heavens; Exploratory Voyages; 2. We Want to Understand; Charles Darwin; Gregor Mendel; Louis Pasteur; Michael Faraday; Max Planck; Enrico Fermi; 3. Science; Chemistry as the Fundamental Science; How Physics Became Most Fundamental; On Reductionism; References and Further Reading; Illustration Credits; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819701903321 |
Newton Roger G
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Women pioneers of medical research : biographies of 25 outstanding scientists / / King-Thom Chung ; foreword by Hubert A. Lechevalier |
Autore | Chung King-Thom <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jefferson, North Carolina ; ; London, [England] : , : McFarland & Company, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine - Research
Medicine - History Biology - Research Women scientists Scientists |
ISBN | 0-7864-5817-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Hubert A. Lechevalier; Preface; 1-Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) Promoter of Inoculation Against Smallpox; 2-Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Founder of Modern Nursing; 3-Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) Champion of Medical Education for Women; 4-Lydia Folger Fowler (1822-1879) First American Woman to Receive a Medical Degree; 5-Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska (1829-1902) Pioneering German-Born Physician; 6-Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) Pioneering British Physician
7-Anna W. Williams (1863-1954) Developer of Diphtheria Antitoxin and of a Method for Quickly Diagnosing Rabies8-Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) Discoverer of Medically Important Radium; 9-Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) Physician and Pioneer Public Health Worker; 10-Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) Researcher in Bacteriology and Promoter of Pasteurization of Milk; 11-Louise Pearce (1885-1959) Leader in Research on Both African Sleeping Sickness and Syphilis; 12-Elizabeth "Lee" Hazen (1885-1975) Discoverer of Medically Useful Antifungal Antibiotics 13-Sara Elizabeth Branham (1888-1962) Pioneer in Meningitis Studies14-Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) Researcher of Streptococci Classification and Infections; 15-Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) Researcher in Sugar Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Disorders; 16-Rachel Fuller Brown (1898-1980) Co-Discoverer of the Antifungal Antibiotic Nystatin; 17-Margaret Pittman (1901-1995) Pioneer in Standardization of Biological Products and Studies of Whooping Cough; 18-Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) Pioneer Anesthetist and Developer of the Apgar Score for Newborn Health 19-Gladys Lounsbury Hobby (1910-1993) Leader in the Study of Antibiotics and Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs20-Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999) Innovative Drug Developer; 21-Jane C. Wright (1919[?]- ) Pioneer of Cancer Chemotherapy; 22-Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-1958) Crucial Figure in Determining the Double Helix Structure of DNA; 23-Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921- ) Co-Developer of Radioimmunoassay Procedure; 24-Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924- ) Renowned Cancer Researcher and University Administrator; 25-Alice Shih-Hou Huang (1939- ) Eminent Molecular Biologist, Educator, and Leader Appendix: Important Persons Mentioned in the TextIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788176403321 |
Chung King-Thom <1943->
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Jefferson, North Carolina ; ; London, [England] : , : McFarland & Company, , 2010 | ||
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Women pioneers of medical research : biographies of 25 outstanding scientists / / King-Thom Chung ; foreword by Hubert A. Lechevalier |
Autore | Chung King-Thom <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jefferson, North Carolina ; ; London, [England] : , : McFarland & Company, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 610.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine - Research
Medicine - History Biology - Research Women scientists Scientists |
ISBN | 0-7864-5817-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Hubert A. Lechevalier; Preface; 1-Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) Promoter of Inoculation Against Smallpox; 2-Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Founder of Modern Nursing; 3-Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) Champion of Medical Education for Women; 4-Lydia Folger Fowler (1822-1879) First American Woman to Receive a Medical Degree; 5-Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska (1829-1902) Pioneering German-Born Physician; 6-Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) Pioneering British Physician
7-Anna W. Williams (1863-1954) Developer of Diphtheria Antitoxin and of a Method for Quickly Diagnosing Rabies8-Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) Discoverer of Medically Important Radium; 9-Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) Physician and Pioneer Public Health Worker; 10-Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) Researcher in Bacteriology and Promoter of Pasteurization of Milk; 11-Louise Pearce (1885-1959) Leader in Research on Both African Sleeping Sickness and Syphilis; 12-Elizabeth "Lee" Hazen (1885-1975) Discoverer of Medically Useful Antifungal Antibiotics 13-Sara Elizabeth Branham (1888-1962) Pioneer in Meningitis Studies14-Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) Researcher of Streptococci Classification and Infections; 15-Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896-1957) Researcher in Sugar Metabolism and Glycogen Storage Disorders; 16-Rachel Fuller Brown (1898-1980) Co-Discoverer of the Antifungal Antibiotic Nystatin; 17-Margaret Pittman (1901-1995) Pioneer in Standardization of Biological Products and Studies of Whooping Cough; 18-Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) Pioneer Anesthetist and Developer of the Apgar Score for Newborn Health 19-Gladys Lounsbury Hobby (1910-1993) Leader in the Study of Antibiotics and Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs20-Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999) Innovative Drug Developer; 21-Jane C. Wright (1919[?]- ) Pioneer of Cancer Chemotherapy; 22-Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-1958) Crucial Figure in Determining the Double Helix Structure of DNA; 23-Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921- ) Co-Developer of Radioimmunoassay Procedure; 24-Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924- ) Renowned Cancer Researcher and University Administrator; 25-Alice Shih-Hou Huang (1939- ) Eminent Molecular Biologist, Educator, and Leader Appendix: Important Persons Mentioned in the TextIndex |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821971403321 |
Chung King-Thom <1943->
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Jefferson, North Carolina ; ; London, [England] : , : McFarland & Company, , 2010 | ||
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Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries / / Magdolna Hargittai |
Autore | Hargittai Magdolna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 509.2/52 |
Soggetto topico |
Women scientists
Scientists |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-936000-6
0-19-935999-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460636803321 |
Hargittai Magdolna
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries / / Magdolna Hargittai |
Autore | Hargittai Magdolna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 509.2/52 |
Soggetto topico |
Women scientists
Scientists |
ISBN |
0-19-936000-6
0-19-935999-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787376903321 |
Hargittai Magdolna
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women scientists : reflections, challenges, and breaking boundaries / / Magdolna Hargittai |
Autore | Hargittai Magdolna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina | 509.2/52 |
Soggetto topico |
Women scientists
Scientists |
ISBN |
0-19-936000-6
0-19-935999-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819352203321 |
Hargittai Magdolna
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
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