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008			060330s2003 enka b 001 0 eng
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035			_a(Sirsi) i9780198606642
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780198606642
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780198606642
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050	0	0	_aQ126 _b.A85 2003
090			_aQ 126 .A85 2003
100	1		_aAtkins, P. W. _q(Peter William), _d1940-
245	1	0	_aGalileo's finger : _bthe ten great ideas of science / _cPeter Atkins.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2003.
300			_aviii, 380 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-368) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: the emergence of understanding -- ch. 1. Evolution: the emergence of complexity -- ch. 2. DNA: the rationalization of biology -- ch. 3. Energy: the universalization of accountancy -- ch. 4. Entropy: the spring of change -- ch. 5. Atoms: the reduction of matter -- ch. 6. Symmetry: the quantification of beauty -- ch. 7. Quanta: the simplification of understanding -- ch. 8. Cosmology: the globalization of reality -- ch. 9. Spacetime: the arena of action -- ch. 10. Arithmetic: the limits of reason -- Epilogue: the future of understanding.
520			_aPublisher's description: Galileo's Finger takes the reader on an extraordinary journey that embraces the ten central ideas of current science. "By a great idea," writes Peter Atkins, "I mean a simple concept of great reach, an acorn of an idea that ramifies into a great oak tree of application, a spider of an idea that can spin a great web and draw in a feast of explanation and elucidation." With wit, charm, and patience, Atkins leads the reader to an understanding of the essence of the whole of science, from evolution and the emergence of complexity, to entropy, the spring of all change in the universe; from energy, the universalization of accountancy, to symmetry, the quantification of beauty; and from cosmology, the globalization of reality, to spacetime, the arena of all action.
650		0	_aScience _vPopular works.
650		0	_aDiscoveries in science.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/20 03545347-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/20 03545347-t.html
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