Eureka! (eBook)

LESLIE ALAN HORVITZ is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on science and the history of science, including Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC, with Dr. Joseph McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch; The Quotable Scientist; and Understanding Depression, with Dr. J. Raymond DePaulo, also from Wiley.

Introduction: A Sudden Flash of Light.

1. A Breath of Immoral Air: Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of
Oxygen.

2. Epiphany at Clapham Road: Fredrich Kekule and the Discovery of
the Structure of Carbon Compounds.

3. A Visionary from Siberia: Dmitry Mendeleyev and the Invention of
the Periodic Table.

4. The Birth of Amazing Discoveries: Isaac Newton and the Theory of
Gravity.

5. The Happiest Thought: Albert Einstein and the Theory of
Gravity.

6. The Forgotten Inventor: Philo Farnsworth and the Development of
Television.

7. A Faint Shadow of its Former Self: Alexander Fleming and the
Discovery of Penicillin.

8. A Flash of Light in Franklin Park: Charles Townes and the
Invention of the Laser.

9. The Pioneer of Pangaea: Alfred Wegener and the Theory of
Continental Drift.

10. Solving the Mystery of Mysteries: Charles Darwin and the Origin
of Species.

11. Unraveling the Secret of Life: James Watson and Francis Crick
and the Descovery of the Double Helix.

12. Broken Teacups and Infinite Coastlines: Benoit Mendelbrot and
the Invention of Fractal Geometry.

Recommended Reading.

Index.

"...engaging..." (Professional Engineering, 1 May 2002)