Format:
1 Online-Ressource (359 pages)
ISBN:
9780300274745
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0300274742
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: Why Should We Care about the Unity of Science? -- Unveiling the Universe -- ONE: Motions Seen in the Sky -- TWO: Modeling the Motion of Celestial Bodies -- THREE: The Telescope and the Speed of Light -- FOUR: The Law of Gravitation, the Discovery of Planets, and Special and General Theories of Relativity -- FIVE: The Cosmic Distance Ladder -- SIX: The Cosmic Microwave Background -- SEVEN: Dark Matter and Dark Energy -- The Earth and Its Fossils -- EIGHT: The Origin, Shape, and Size of the Earth
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NINE: The Earth's Innards -- TEN: The Evolution of the Earth's Surface -- ELEVEN: The Structure of Matter -- TWELVE: The Age of the Earth -- THIRTEEN: Fossils -- FOURTEEN: Sauropods: A Comprehensive, yet Superfi cial, Look -- FIFTEEN: The Demise of the Dinosaurs -- The Story of Life -- SIXTEEN: Story of Life: Darwin's, Wallace's, and Mendel's Contributions -- SEVENTEEN: The Molecular Basis of Heredity -- EIGHTEEN: DNA: The Hereditary Molecule and Its Structure -- NINETEEN: Properties and Functions of DNA -- TWENTY: The Origin of Life, the Tree of Life, and Samples of Evolution
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TWENTY-ONE: Tardigrades, the Applications of DNA, and the Human Spread across the Globe -- TWENTY-TWO: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300253610
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0300253613
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Shapiro, Irwin The unity of science New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023 ISBN 9780300253610
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0300253613
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
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