{"product_id":"the-discoveries-alan-lightman-9780375713453","title":"The Discoveries: Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this captivating and lucid book, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEinstein's Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in it. Here are Einstein, Fleming, Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing, Watson and Crick, Heisenberg and many others. With remarkable insight, Lightman charts the intellectual and emotional landscape of the time, portrays the human drama of discovery, and explains the significance and impact of the work. Finally he includes a fascinating and unique guided tour through the original papers in which the discoveries were revealed. Here is science writing at its best-beautiful, lyrical and completely accessible. It brings the process of discovery to life before our very eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Lightman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 037571345X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375713453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.60d","brand":"Alan Lightman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988138098943,"sku":"9780375713453","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_856ed7b6-4b60-4671-9745-423bdb2de4ec.jpg?v=1683292838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-discoveries-alan-lightman-9780375713453","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}