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The Oxford dictionary of scientific quotations / edited by W.F. Bynum and Roy Porter.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943- editor.
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002, editor.
Series:
Oxford paperback reference Oxford dictionary of scientific quotations.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Science--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Science.
Scientists--Quotations.
Scientists.
Science--Dictionaries.
Genre:
Subject dictionaries.
Quotations.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Other Title:
Dictionary of scientific quotations
Scientific quotations
Place of Publication:
[New York] : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The great ideas of science, from the first 'Eureka!' to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, can all be found in this collection. An essential reference tool, it also presents the human face of science, as scientists talk about achievements and failures in their own lives, and in those of others.
Notes:
"Oxford Reference Online Premium."
Title from home page (viewed Jan. 5, 2010).
ISBN:
9780191727771 (online resource)

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