Chain Reactions by Adam Hart-Davis

Chain Reactions by Adam Hart-Davis

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Summary

Looks at the scientists and inventors to be found upon the walls of the National Portrait Gallery, and the connections between them. Relationships intellectual, amicable and implacable are unearthed, as are the roles played by coincidence and accident in the great scientific breakthroughs.

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Chain Reactions by Adam Hart-Davis

Looks at the scientists and inventors to be found upon the walls of the National Portrait Gallery, and the often extraordinary connections between them. Relationships familial, intellectual, amicable and implacable are unearthed, as are the roles played by coincidence and accident in the great scientific breakthroughs. Packed with detail and anecdote, this guide is illustrated in colour throughout, and includes such major figures as Samuel Pepys and Christopher Wren, William Harvey and Marie Stopes, Richard Arkwright and James Bessemer.
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ISBN 13 9781855142916
ISBN 10 1855142910
Title Chain Reactions
Author Adam Hart Davis
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher National Portrait Gallery Publications
Year published 2000-11-24
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.