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245 14 a| The book of potentially catastrophic science /c| by Sean Connolly.;

246 30 a| Potentially catastrophic science;

300 a| xiii, 305 pages :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 24 cm;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

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500 a| "50 experiments for daring young scientists"--Cover.;

520 a| Presents in introduction to thirty-four scientific breakthroughs, discussing the history of their discovery and providing instructions for conducting experiments which demonstrate their principles.;

505 2 a| 2 million years B.C. : the first Stone Age tools -- 1 million-1.6 million years B.C. : humans master fire -- c. 8000 B.C. : the bow and arrow -- 3500 B.C. : the Sumerian wheel -- 330 B.C. : Aristotle proclaims Earth is not flat! -- A.D. 132 : Zhang Heng's seismometer -- c. A.D. 850 : the Chinese alchemist's gunpowder -- 1504 : Regiomontanus's lunar eclipse -- 1616 : Galileo's telescope -- 1665 : Isaac Newton's falling apple -- 1752 : Ben Franklin's electric kite -- 1771 : Galvani's circuit and Volta's battery -- 1783 : the Montgolfiers' hot-air balloon -- 1796 : Edward Jenner's miracle vaccine -- 1797 : Garnerin's parachute -- 1825 : George Stephenson's steam train -- 1854 : Otis's elevator safety brake -- 1859 : Darwin's revolutionary evolutionary book -- 1895 : Röntgen identifies X-rays -- 1898 : Marie Curie discovers radioactive isotope -- 1903 : the Wright brothers' flying machine -- 1905 : Einstein's atom -- 1926 : Robert Goddard's rocket ship -- 1936 : Igor Sikorsky's helicopter -- 1942 : Fermi's chain reaction -- 1947 : Chuck Yeager's sonic boom -- 1947 : John Stapp rides on a rocket sled -- 1953 : Watson and Crick's DNA -- 1960 : Theodore Maiman's laser beam -- 1961 : Yari Gagarin goes into orbit -- 1962 : Rachel Carson's silent spring -- 1967 : Christian Barnard's human heart transplant -- 1999 : Dieter Issler's avalanche -- 2008 : the large hadron collider.;

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The book of potentially catastrophic science / by Sean Connolly.

Author/creator	Connolly, Sean, 1956-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York, NY : Workman Pub., ©2010.
Description	xiii, 305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects	Science--Experiments. Science--Miscellanea.

Portion of title	Potentially catastrophic science
Partial contents	2 million years B.C. : the first Stone Age tools -- 1 million-1.6 million years B.C. : humans master fire -- c. 8000 B.C. : the bow and arrow -- 3500 B.C. : the Sumerian wheel -- 330 B.C. : Aristotle proclaims Earth is not flat! -- A.D. 132 : Zhang Heng's seismometer -- c. A.D. 850 : the Chinese alchemist's gunpowder -- 1504 : Regiomontanus's lunar eclipse -- 1616 : Galileo's telescope -- 1665 : Isaac Newton's falling apple -- 1752 : Ben Franklin's electric kite -- 1771 : Galvani's circuit and Volta's battery -- 1783 : the Montgolfiers' hot-air balloon -- 1796 : Edward Jenner's miracle vaccine -- 1797 : Garnerin's parachute -- 1825 : George Stephenson's steam train -- 1854 : Otis's elevator safety brake -- 1859 : Darwin's revolutionary evolutionary book -- 1895 : Röntgen identifies X-rays -- 1898 : Marie Curie discovers radioactive isotope -- 1903 : the Wright brothers' flying machine -- 1905 : Einstein's atom -- 1926 : Robert Goddard's rocket ship -- 1936 : Igor Sikorsky's helicopter -- 1942 : Fermi's chain reaction -- 1947 : Chuck Yeager's sonic boom -- 1947 : John Stapp rides on a rocket sled -- 1953 : Watson and Crick's DNA -- 1960 : Theodore Maiman's laser beam -- 1961 : Yari Gagarin goes into orbit -- 1962 : Rachel Carson's silent spring -- 1967 : Christian Barnard's human heart transplant -- 1999 : Dieter Issler's avalanche -- 2008 : the large hadron collider.
Abstract	Presents in introduction to thirty-four scientific breakthroughs, discussing the history of their discovery and providing instructions for conducting experiments which demonstrate their principles.
General note	"50 experiments for daring young scientists"--Cover.
LCCN	2010007044
ISBN	9780761156871 (alk. paper) :
ISBN	0761156879 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780761162520 (pbk.)
ISBN	0761162526 (pbk.)
Stock number	1309949 QBI

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