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    <subTitle>the seven greatest scientific discoveries in history and the people who made them</subTitle>
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    <publisher>Perigee/Penguin Group</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued>
    <edition>2nd ed., rev. and updated, rev. Perigee trade pbk. ed.</edition>
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  <abstract>Presents explanations of seven pivotal scientific discoveries in Western history in the fields of biology, genetics, astronomy, and physics</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Gravity and the basic laws of physics -- The structure of the atom -- The principle of relativity -- The big bang and the formation of the universe -- Evolution and the principle of natural selection -- The cell and genetics -- The structure of the DNA molecule.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">David Eliot Brody and Arnold R. Brody.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-375) and index.</note>
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