100 Greatest Science Discoveries Of All Time

100 Greatest Science Discoveries Of All Time

100 Greatest Science Discoveries Of All Time


Contents



Acknowledgments ………………………………………. ix
Introduction …………………………………………… xi
How to Use this Book ……………………………………. xv
Levers and Buoyancy …………………………………….. 3
The Sun Is the Center of the Universe …………………………. 5
Human Anatomy ……………………………………….. 7
The Law of Falling Objects ………………………………… 9
Planetary Motion ………………………………………. 11
Jupiter’s Moons ……………………………………….. 13
Human Circulatory System ……………………………….. 15
Air Pressure ………………………………………….. 17
Boyle’s Law ………………………………………….. 19
The Existence of Cells …………………………………… 21
Uni versal Gravitation ……………………………………. 23
Fossils ………………………………………………. 25
Distance to the Sun ……………………………………… 27
Bacteria ……………………………………………… 29
Laws of Motion ……………………………………….. 31
Order in Nature………………………………………… 33
Galaxies …………………………………………….. 36
The Nature of Electricity …………………………………. 38
Oceans Control Global Weather…………………………….. 40
Oxygen ……………………………………………… 43
Photosynthesis ………………………………………… 45
Conservation of Matter …………………………………… 47
The Nature of Heat ……………………………………… 49
Erosion of the Earth …………………………………….. 51
Vaccinations ………………………………………….. 53
Infrared and Ultraviolet ………………………………….. 55
Anesthesia……………………………………………. 57
Atoms ………………………………………………. 59
Electrochemical Bonding …………………………………. 61
The Existence of Molecules ……………………………….. 63
Electromagnetism ………………………………………. 65
First Dinosaur Fossil…………………………………….. 67
Ice Ages …………………………………………….. 69
Calories (Units of Energy) ………………………………… 71
Conservation of Energy ………………………………….. 73
Doppler Effect ………………………………………… 75
Germ Theory …………………………………………. 77
The Theory of Evolution …………………………………. 79
Atomic Light Signatures………………………………….. 81
Electromagnetic Radiation/Radio Waves ………………………. 83
Heredity …………………………………………….. 86
Deep-Sea Life …………………………………………. 88
Periodic Chart of Elements ………………………………… 90
Cell Division………………………………………….. 92
X-Rays ……………………………………………… 95
Blood Types ………………………………………….. 97
Electron …………………………………………….. 99
Virus ………………………………………………. 101
Mitochondria ………………………………………… 103
Radioactivity…………………………………………. 105
Atmospheric Layers ……………………………………. 107
Hormones …………………………………………… 109
E = mc2 …………………………………………….. 111
Relativity …………………………………………… 114
Vitamins ……………………………………………. 117
Radio active Dating …………………………………….. 119
Function of Chromosomes ……………………………….. 121
Antibiotics ………………………………………….. 124
Fault Lines ………………………………………….. 126
Super conductivity ……………………………………… 128
Atomic Bonding ………………………………………. 131
Isotopes …………………………………………….. 133
Earth’s Core and Mantle…………………………………. 136
Continental Drift………………………………………. 138
Black Holes …………………………………………. 140
Insulin ……………………………………………… 142
Neurotransmitters ……………………………………… 144
Human Evolution ……………………………………… 146
Quantum Theory………………………………………. 148
Expanding Universe ……………………………………. 150
Uncertainty Principle …………………………………… 153
Speed of Light ……………………………………….. 155
Penicillin……………………………………………. 158
Antimatter…………………………………………… 160
Neutron …………………………………………….. 163
Cell Structure ………………………………………… 165
The Function of Genes ………………………………….. 167
Eco system…………………………………………… 169
Weak and Strong Force …………………………………. 171
Metabolism ………………………………………….. 174
Coelacanth ………………………………………….. 176
Nuclear Fission ……………………………………….. 178
Blood Plasma ………………………………………… 181
Semi conductor Transistor………………………………… 183
The Big Bang ………………………………………… 185
Definition of In formation ………………………………… 188
Jumpin’ Genes ……………………………………….. 190
Fusion ……………………………………………… 192
Origins of Life ……………………………………….. 194
DNA ………………………………………………. 196
Seafloor Spreading …………………………………….. 199
The Nature of the Atmosphere …………………………….. 201
Quarks …………………………………………….. 203
Quasars and Pulsars ……………………………………. 205
Complete Evolution ……………………………………. 208
Dark Matter …………………………………………. 211
The Nature of Dinosaurs ………………………………… 213
Planets Exist Around Other Stars …………………………… 215
Accelerating Universe ………………………………….. 218
Human Genome ………………………………………. 220
References ………………………………………….. 223
Appendix 1: Discoveries by Scientific Field …………………… 229
Appendix 2: Scientists ………………………………….. 233
Appendix 3: The Next 40 ………………………………… 237
Index ………………………………………………. 239


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