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A century of nature [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg
| A century of nature [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GarwinLaura
LincolnTim |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Science - Social aspects - History Discoveries in science Science and civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-53802-0
9786612538025 0-226-28416-6 |
| Classificazione | TB 2385 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A Century of Nature -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- 1925 -- ONE. Raymond Dart and our African origins -- 1925. Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa -- 1927 -- TWO. Electrons make waves -- 1927. The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel -- 1932 -- THREE. The atom completed -- 1932. Possible existence of a neutron -- 1938 -- FOUR. Superfluidity: a new state of matter -- 1938. Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point -- 1939 -- FIVE. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons -- 1939. Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction -- 1953 -- SIX. The double helix -- 1953. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid -- 1958 -- SEVEN. Dawn of structural biology -- 1958. A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis -- 1960 -- EIGHT. The first laser -- 1960. Stimulated optical radiation in ruby -- 1963 -- NINE. The quasar enigma -- 1963. 3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift -- 1963 -- TEN. Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents -- 1963. Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges -- 1968 -- ELEVEN. Stellar timekeepers -- 1968. Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source -- 1970 -- TWELVE. Viruses reverse the genetic flow -- 1970. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses -- 1973 -- THIRTEEN. Images of body and brain -- 1973. Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance -- 1974 -- FOURTEEN. Journey to the T cell -- 1974. Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system -- 1976 -- FIFTEEN. Molecular switches for "animal electricity" -- 1976. Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres -- 1977 -- SIXTEEN DNA. sequencing: the silent revolution -- 1977. Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage ΦX174 DNA -- 1980 -- SEVENTEEN. The blueprint of animals revealed -- 1980. Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila -- 1985 -- EIGHTEEN. A hole in Earth's shield -- 1985. Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction -- 1985 -- NINETEEN. Carbon cages and carbon tubes -- 1985. C60: buckminsterfullerene -- 1995 -- TWENTY. Seeking other solar systems -- 1995. A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star -- 1997 -- TWENTY-ONE. Dolly! -- 1997. Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458914903321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A century of nature [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg
| A century of nature [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GarwinLaura
LincolnTim |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Science - Social aspects - History Discoveries in science Science and civilization |
| Soggetto non controllato | natural world, outdoors, discovery, science, scientific, scientist, life changing, international, global, worldwide, history, historical, breakthrough, magazine, journalism, journalist, publishing, publication, essay collection, essays, nobel prize, context, culture, cultural, explained, easy to understand, africa, origins, electron, wave, atom, matter, nuclear, laser, t cell, dna |
| ISBN |
1-282-53802-0
9786612538025 0-226-28416-6 |
| Classificazione | TB 2385 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A Century of Nature -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- 1925 -- ONE. Raymond Dart and our African origins -- 1925. Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa -- 1927 -- TWO. Electrons make waves -- 1927. The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel -- 1932 -- THREE. The atom completed -- 1932. Possible existence of a neutron -- 1938 -- FOUR. Superfluidity: a new state of matter -- 1938. Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point -- 1939 -- FIVE. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons -- 1939. Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction -- 1953 -- SIX. The double helix -- 1953. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid -- 1958 -- SEVEN. Dawn of structural biology -- 1958. A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis -- 1960 -- EIGHT. The first laser -- 1960. Stimulated optical radiation in ruby -- 1963 -- NINE. The quasar enigma -- 1963. 3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift -- 1963 -- TEN. Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents -- 1963. Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges -- 1968 -- ELEVEN. Stellar timekeepers -- 1968. Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source -- 1970 -- TWELVE. Viruses reverse the genetic flow -- 1970. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses -- 1973 -- THIRTEEN. Images of body and brain -- 1973. Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance -- 1974 -- FOURTEEN. Journey to the T cell -- 1974. Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system -- 1976 -- FIFTEEN. Molecular switches for "animal electricity" -- 1976. Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres -- 1977 -- SIXTEEN DNA. sequencing: the silent revolution -- 1977. Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage ΦX174 DNA -- 1980 -- SEVENTEEN. The blueprint of animals revealed -- 1980. Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila -- 1985 -- EIGHTEEN. A hole in Earth's shield -- 1985. Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction -- 1985 -- NINETEEN. Carbon cages and carbon tubes -- 1985. C60: buckminsterfullerene -- 1995 -- TWENTY. Seeking other solar systems -- 1995. A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star -- 1997 -- TWENTY-ONE. Dolly! -- 1997. Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792325603321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
A century of nature : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg
| A century of nature : twenty-one discoveries that changed science and the world / / edited by Laura Garwin & Tim Lincoln ; with a foreword by Steven Weinberg |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GarwinLaura
LincolnTim |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Science - Social aspects - History Discoveries in science Science and civilization |
| Soggetto non controllato | natural world, outdoors, discovery, science, scientific, scientist, life changing, international, global, worldwide, history, historical, breakthrough, magazine, journalism, journalist, publishing, publication, essay collection, essays, nobel prize, context, culture, cultural, explained, easy to understand, africa, origins, electron, wave, atom, matter, nuclear, laser, t cell, dna |
| ISBN |
1-282-53802-0
9786612538025 0-226-28416-6 |
| Classificazione | TB 2385 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A Century of Nature -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology of twentieth-century science -- 1925 -- ONE. Raymond Dart and our African origins -- 1925. Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa -- 1927 -- TWO. Electrons make waves -- 1927. The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel -- 1932 -- THREE. The atom completed -- 1932. Possible existence of a neutron -- 1938 -- FOUR. Superfluidity: a new state of matter -- 1938. Viscosity of liquid helium below the λ-point -- 1939 -- FIVE. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons -- 1939. Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction -- 1953 -- SIX. The double helix -- 1953. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid -- 1958 -- SEVEN. Dawn of structural biology -- 1958. A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis -- 1960 -- EIGHT. The first laser -- 1960. Stimulated optical radiation in ruby -- 1963 -- NINE. The quasar enigma -- 1963. 3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift -- 1963 -- TEN. Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents -- 1963. Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges -- 1968 -- ELEVEN. Stellar timekeepers -- 1968. Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source -- 1970 -- TWELVE. Viruses reverse the genetic flow -- 1970. RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses -- 1973 -- THIRTEEN. Images of body and brain -- 1973. Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance -- 1974 -- FOURTEEN. Journey to the T cell -- 1974. Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system -- 1976 -- FIFTEEN. Molecular switches for "animal electricity" -- 1976. Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres -- 1977 -- SIXTEEN DNA. sequencing: the silent revolution -- 1977. Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage ΦX174 DNA -- 1980 -- SEVENTEEN. The blueprint of animals revealed -- 1980. Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila -- 1985 -- EIGHTEEN. A hole in Earth's shield -- 1985. Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction -- 1985 -- NINETEEN. Carbon cages and carbon tubes -- 1985. C60: buckminsterfullerene -- 1995 -- TWENTY. Seeking other solar systems -- 1995. A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star -- 1997 -- TWENTY-ONE. Dolly! -- 1997. Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823691703321 |
| Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A little corner of freedom : Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbachëv / / Douglas R. Weiner
| A little corner of freedom : Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbachëv / / Douglas R. Weiner |
| Autore | Weiner Douglas R. <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 556 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 363.7/056/0947 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentalism - Soviet Union - History
Environmentalism - Former Soviet republics - History |
| ISBN |
0-520-92811-3
0-585-25387-0 |
| Classificazione | TB 2385 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Chapter 1. Environmental Activism and Social Identity -- Chapter 2. Archipelago of Freedom -- Chapter 3. The Road to "Liquidation": Conservation in the Postwar Years -- Chapter 4. Zapovedniki in Peril, 1948-1950 -- Chapter 5. Liquidation: The Second Phase, 1950 -- Chapter 6. The Deluge, 1951 -- Chapter 7. In the Throes of Crisis: VOOP in Stalin's Last Years -- Chapter 8. Death and Purgatory -- Chapter 9. VOOP after Stalin: Survival and Decay -- Chapter 10. Resurrection -- Chapter 11. A Time to Build -- Chapter 12. A Time to Meet -- Chapter 13. More Trouble in Paradise: Crises of the Zapovedniki in the Khrushchëv Era -- Chapter 14. Student Movements: Catalysts for a New Activism -- Chapter 15. Three Men in a Boat: VOOP in the Early 1960s -- Chapter 16. Storm over Baikal -- Chapter 17. Science Doesn't Stand Still -- Chapter 18. Environmental Struggles in the Era of Stagnation -- Chapter 19. Environmental Activism under Gorbachëv -- Conclusion |
| Altri titoli varianti | Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbachëv |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248084203316 |
Weiner Douglas R. <1951->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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A little corner of freedom : Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbachëv / / Douglas R. Weiner
| A little corner of freedom : Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbachëv / / Douglas R. Weiner |
| Autore | Weiner Douglas R. <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 556 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina | 363.7/056/0947 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentalism - Soviet Union - History
Environmentalism - Former Soviet republics - History |
| ISBN |
0-520-92811-3
0-585-25387-0 |
| Classificazione | TB 2385 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Chapter 1. Environmental Activism and Social Identity -- Chapter 2. Archipelago of Freedom -- Chapter 3. The Road to "Liquidation": Conservation in the Postwar Years -- Chapter 4. Zapovedniki in Peril, 1948-1950 -- Chapter 5. Liquidation: The Second Phase, 1950 -- Chapter 6. The Deluge, 1951 -- Chapter 7. In the Throes of Crisis: VOOP in Stalin's Last Years -- Chapter 8. Death and Purgatory -- Chapter 9. VOOP after Stalin: Survival and Decay -- Chapter 10. Resurrection -- Chapter 11. A Time to Build -- Chapter 12. A Time to Meet -- Chapter 13. More Trouble in Paradise: Crises of the Zapovedniki in the Khrushchëv Era -- Chapter 14. Student Movements: Catalysts for a New Activism -- Chapter 15. Three Men in a Boat: VOOP in the Early 1960s -- Chapter 16. Storm over Baikal -- Chapter 17. Science Doesn't Stand Still -- Chapter 18. Environmental Struggles in the Era of Stagnation -- Chapter 19. Environmental Activism under Gorbachëv -- Conclusion |
| Altri titoli varianti | Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbachëv |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910496135903321 |
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Weiner Douglas R. <1951->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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