The Hutchinson dictionary of scientific biography / consultant editor, Roy Porter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Credo Reference (Firm), Content Provider.

Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Biography--Dictionaries.

Science.

Scientists--Biography--Dictionaries.

Scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1526 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Helicon, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Authoritative and accessible guide to the lives, labours, and achievements of the men and women who have shaped the world of science.

Contents:

"" The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; ""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""; "" Abbe, Ernst (1840-1905)""; ""Abel, Neils Henrik (1802-1829)""; ""Abelian functions""; ""Abetti, Giorgio (1882-1982)""; ""ablation""; ""absorption trough""; ""abstract algebra""; ""abstract group""; ""abundant number""; ""accelerator nerve""; ""achromatic lens""; ""actin""; ""Adams, John Couch (1819-1892)""

""Adams, Walter Sydney (1876-1956)""""Addison, Thomas (1793-1860)""; ""adiabatic change""; ""Adler, Alfred (1870-1937)""; ""Adrian, Edgar Douglas (1889-1977)""; ""1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge,""; ""aeon""; ""or eon,""; ""afferent nerve""; ""Agassiz, (Jean) Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873)""; ""Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799)""; ""Agricola, Georgius (1490-1555)""; ""born Georg Bauer,""; ""Aiken, Howard Hathaway (1900-1973)""; ""air pump""; ""Airy, George Biddell (1801-1892)""; ""Aitken, Robert Grant (1864-1951)""; ""Alder, Kurt (1902-1958)""

""Aleksandrov, Pavel Sergeevich (1896-1982)""""Alexander, Hattie Elizabeth (1901-1968)""; ""Alfven, Hannes Olof Gesta (1908-1995)""; ""algebraic curve""; ""algebraic numbers""; ""algebraic topology""; ""Alhazen, Abu Ali al-Hassan ibn al-Haytham (c. 965-1038)""; ""alkyl""; ""allantois""; ""alpha chain""; ""Alpher, Ralph Asher (1921-)""; ""al-Sufi (903-986)""; ""Alter, David (1807-1881)""; ""Alvarez, Luis Walter (1911-1988)""; ""Alzheimer, Alois (1864-1915)""; ""Ambartsumian, Viktor Amazasp Amazaspovich (1908-1996)""; ""Ampere, Andre-Marie (1775-1836)""

""Amsler-Laffon, Jakob (1823-1912)""""Anaximander the Elder (c. 611-547 BC)""; ""Anderson, Carl David (1905-1991)""; ""Anderson, Philip Warren (1923-)""; ""Andrews, Thomas (1813-1885)""; ""angle of parallelism""; ""Engstrem, Anders Jonas (1814-1874)""; ""anisotropic""; ""or aelotropic,""; ""Anning, Mary (1799-1847)""; ""Antoniadi, Eugene Marie (1870-1944)""; ""aperture""; ""Apgar, Virginia (1909-1974)""; ""Apollonius of Perga (c. 245-c.190 BC)""; ""Apollonius' problem""; ""Appert, Nicolas Francois (c.1750-1841)""; ""Appleton, Edward Victor (1892-1965)""

""Arago, (Dominique) Francois (Jean) (1786-1853)""""Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)""; ""Argand, Jean Robert (1768-1822)""; ""Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm August (1799-1875)""; ""Aristarchos (c. 320-c. 250 BC)""; ""Aristotle (384-322 BC)""; ""Arkwright, Richard (1732-1792)""; ""armature""; ""Armstrong, Edwin Howard (1890-1954)""; ""Armstrong, William George (1810-1900)""; ""Arp, Halton Christian (1927-)""; ""Arrhenius, Svante August (1859-1927)""; ""artillery""; ""Artin, Emil (1898-1962)""; ""aryl""; ""Aston, Francis William (1877-1945)""

""astronomical colour index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contains:

Biographical dictionary of scientists.

ISBN:

1-280-73192-3

9786610731923