The History Of Science From 1946 To 1990's

Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
PROLOGUE......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
PART ONE - THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES FROM 1946 TO THE 1990s......Page 18
CHAPTER 1 - THE SUBATOMIC WORLD: A VAST SWARM OF PARTICLES......Page 20
CHAPTER 2 - THE REALM OF QUARKS......Page 40
CHAPTER 3 - STARS, GALAXIES, THE UNIVERSE, AND HOW IT ALL BEGAN......Page 56
CHAPTER 4 - SIGHTSEEING IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM......Page 81
CHAPTER 5 - MISSION TO PLANET EARTH......Page 104
PART TWO - THE LIFE SCIENCES FROM 1946 TO THE 1990s......Page 117
CHAPTER 6 - THE ARCHITECTS OF LIFE: PROTEINS, DNA AND RNA......Page 118
CHAPTER 7 - THE ORIGINS AND BORDERLINES OF LIFE: FROM SOUP TO VIRUSES AND DESIGNER GENES......Page 131
CHAPTER 8 - WHERE DID HUMANS COME FROM? THE SEARCH CONTINUES......Page 149
CHRONOLOGY......Page 160
GLOSSARY......Page 171
BOOKS ABOUT SCIENCE IN GENERAL:......Page 174
BOOKS ABOUT THE LIFE SCIENCES, 1946 TO THE 1990s:......Page 178
MAGAZINES:......Page 182
MUSEUMS AND OTHER SOURCES......Page 184
INDEX......Page 186
Back Cover......Page 196