The Great Scientists : The Story Of Science Told Through The Lives Of Twelve Landmark Figures
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Title
The Great Scientists : The Story Of Science Told Through The Lives Of Twelve Landmark Figures
Attribution
Format
Book
Published
1987
Availability
[[availability|tl34696000041728]]
Call Number
YA 508.2 MEA
Description and Reviews
Through the biographies and a wealth of sidebar material, we see how social forces influence scientific work–how, for instance, the blockade of French ports during the Revolution led to the Leblanc process (needed to make gunpowder), which in turn opened the door to the heavy chemical industry that developed in Great Britain after 1820…how the American expansion westward, which placed great importance on knowledge of terrain and weather, resulted in great advances in geology, meteorology, astronomy, and biology…how developments in hydrography led to an surge in ocean mapping expeditions, including the one that took Darwin to the Galapagos, where he gathered crucial evidence for his theory of evolution…and how Stalin's brutal support of agricultural researcher Lysenko's theories of inheritance–exiling or imprisoning scientists who spoke out against the outdated arguments–paralyzed science for decades in the Soviet Union. summarized from Amazon.com [[reviews|asin=]]
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