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The scientific enterprise, today and tomorrow
- Title
- The scientific enterprise, today and tomorrow / Adriano Buzzati-Traverso.
- Author
- Buzzati-Traverso, Adriano A.
- Publication
- Paris : Unesco, [1977]
- ©1977
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 439 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Summary
- "An examination of man's condition during the period many have already called the Golden Age of Science."--Preface
- Examines science since the World War II with emphasis on new discoveries, trends, and inventions.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- The prime mover -- Excitations since -- Useful science -- Dangerous science -- The limits of usefulness -- The solid Earth -- The Earth's oceans -- The Earth's atmosphere and beyond -- The planetary system -- stars -- Galaxies -- The origin of the universe -- The elementary particles -- The nucleus -- Atoms and ions -- The structure of molecules -- Chemical dynamics -- The structure of matter in bulk -- The behavior of matter in bulk -- Molecular biology -- Cell biology -- from cell to organism -- Tissues and organ s- Brain and behavior -- Evolutionary biology -- The scientific community -- Sponsors an performers -- The international dimensions of science -- Trends -- A period of transition -- The end of an era -- A new enlightenment.
- ISBN
- 9231012681
- 9789231012686
- LCCN
- 78395524
- OCLC
- ocm04341237
- 4341237
- SCSB-196557
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library