100 new scientific discoveries : fascinating, unbelievable and mind-expanding stories / Jeffrey Kluger, ed.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : TIME Books, c2011.Description: 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmSubject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- The cosmos -- The mind -- Technology -- Archaeology -- Genetics -- Physics -- Medicine -- The Earth -- Zoology -- Chemistry.
Summary: A collection of stories about groundbreaking scientific discoveries covers such topics as animal behaviors, the characteristics of distant galaxies, and the incredible capacity of the human mind, in a volume that also provides a chronology of debunked scientific theories.
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Introduction --
The cosmos --
The mind --
Technology --
Archaeology --
Genetics --
Physics --
Medicine --
The Earth --
Zoology --
Chemistry.


A collection of stories about groundbreaking scientific discoveries covers such topics as animal behaviors, the characteristics of distant galaxies, and the incredible capacity of the human mind, in a volume that also provides a chronology of debunked scientific theories.