How did the great scientists make their remarkable discoveries? And what kind of men were they? This companion volume to Inventors and their Inventions introduces the work of ten men to younger readers, and range from the world of Ancient Greece to the twentieth century discovery of DNA. Among them are the crucial discovery that the earth goes around the sun (Galileo), the principle of gravity (Newton), the evolution of the species (Darwin) and the principle of inherited characteristics or genetics (Mendel).
4 Galileo However, Had Quite Another Use for His Telescope
5 In 1623 a New Pope, Urban Viii, Was Elected
6 Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
7 In 1662 Boyle Published His Work
8 Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
9 Newton Was Also Keenly Interested in Light
10 Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
11 In His Spare Time, Michael Started to Attend
12 From France They Travelled to Italy
13 By 1823 Faraday Was Beginning to Be Recognized
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1 Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
2 When HMS Beagle Arrived Back in England in 1836
3 There Were Huge Rows and Many Public Discussions
4 Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
5 The First Evolutionary Theory to Gain Widespread Interest
6 For 10 Years Mendel Patiently Cultivated and Tested
7 Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
8 At Home He Discovered Another New Area of Learning
9 He Decided to Write a Doctoral Thesis
10 Einstein Was Famous
11 Back in Berlin He Continued His Work
12 James Watson (1928-), Francis Crick (1916-2004) and the Hunt for Dna
13 James Watson Decided to Go to Copenhagen
14 In November 1951 Wilkins Went to Cambridge
How did the great scientists make their remarkable discoveries? And what kind of men were they? This companion volume to Inventors and their Inventions introduces the work of ten men to younger readers, and range from the world of Ancient Greece to the twentieth century discovery of DNA. Among them are the crucial discovery that the earth goes around the sun (Galileo), the principle of gravity (Newton), the evolution of the species (Darwin) and the principle of inherited characteristics or genetics (Mendel).
