Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-181).
Contents:
Isaac Newton: the fall of an apple -- Mary Anning: the princess of paleontology -- Charles Goodyear: the rubber man -- Anesthesia: the greatest discovery ever made -- Ignaz Semmelweis: doctors wash your hands! -- Maria Sanz de Sautuola: the bulls on the ceiling -- Alexander Fleming: discoverer of penicillin -- Clyde Tombaugh: the search for Planet X -- Lise Meitner: the discovery of nuclear fission -- Muhammad Ahmed el-Hamed: the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Jocelyn Bell: the discovery of pulsars.
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