{"product_id":"40-inspiring-icons-super-scientists","title":"Anne Blanchard: 40 Inspiring Icons: Super Scientists [2019] hardback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe biggest discoveries... the most inquiring minds... the 40 most inspiring super scientists of all time are here! Learn how these scientists shaped the world in this fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Galileo Galilei's terrific telescope discoveries, to Louis Pasteur's victorious vaccinations, to Ada Lovelace's cracking computer codes, discover how each of these scientists spent their lives asking questions and making leaps and bounds in the world of science and technology. Beginning with the Ancient Greek philosopher Thales, who discovered geometry and astronomy, right up to the modern astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who has popularised complex scientific theories through the use of simple language, these are the \u003cb\u003e40 super scientists to be learned about by all\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thales; Pythagoras; Aristotle; Euclid; Archimedes; Zhang Heng; Hypatia of Alexandria; Brahmagupta; Avicenna; Alhazen; Roger Bacon; Nicolaus Copernicus; Galileo Galilei; Johannes Kepler; Isaac Newton; William Harvey; Rene Descartes; Antoine Lavoisier; Mary Anning; Michael Faraday; James Clerk Maxwell; Charles Darwin; Gregor Mendel; Louis Pasteur; Dmitri Ivanovich Medeleev; Ada Lovelace; David Hilbert; Marie Curie; Ernest Rutherford; Albert Einstein; Niels Bohr; Alfred Wegener; Alan Turing; Rosalind Franklin; HGP and the Human Genome; Vera Rubin; Francoise Barre-Sinoussi; Tim Berners-Lee; Stephen Hawking; Neil Degrasse Tyson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each spread presents a single scientist, highlighting \u003cb\u003ekey facts about their life\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ethe scientific advances they made\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eapplications for their discoveries\u003c\/b\u003e and the surrounding \u003cb\u003ehistorical and social context\u003c\/b\u003e, along with a \u003cb\u003efun, illustrated depiction of them\u003c\/b\u003e that calls out elements of their life and the observational instruments they used.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each is a pioneer of their age, but \u003cb\u003ewhich scientist do you think is truly out of this world?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each book in the \u003cb\u003e40 Inspiring Icons series\u003c\/b\u003e introduces readers to a fascinating non-fiction subject through its 40 most famous people or groups. Explore these other great topics through their most interesting icons: \u003ci\u003ePeople of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreek Gods and Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSoccer Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFantastic Footballers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMusic Legends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Music Greats\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Blanchard, Anne \u0026 Tino","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46470728843603,"sku":"9781786034731","price":12.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/blanchard-anne-tino-anne-blanchard-40-inspiring-icons-super-scientists-2019-hardback-9781786034731-1145526791.jpg?v=1741384523","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/40-inspiring-icons-super-scientists","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}