Agnus / Soames / Corbett Great Scientist & Their Discoveries CD

How did the great scientists make their remarkable discoveries? And what kind of men were they? This companion volume to Inventors and their Inventions introduces the work of ten men to younger readers, and range from the world of Ancient Greece to the twentieth century discovery of DNA. Among them are the crucial discovery that the earth goes around the sun (Galileo), the principle of gravity (Newton), the evolution of the species (Darwin) and the principle of inherited characteristics or genetics (Mendel).

1. Introduction 2. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) 3. In 1591 Vincenzo Galilei Died 4. Galileo However, Had Quite Another Use for His Telescope 5. In 1623 a New Pope, Urban Viii, Was Elected 6. Robert Boyle (1627-1691) 7. In 1662 Boyle Published His Work 8. Isaac Newton (1643-1727) 9. Newton Was Also Keenly Interested in Light 10. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) 11. In His Spare Time, Michael Started to Attend 12. From France They Travelled to Italy 13. By 1823 Faraday Was Beginning to Be Recognized 14. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) 15. When HMS Beagle Arrived Back in England in 1836 16. There Were Huge Rows and Many Public Discussions 17. Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) 18. The First Evolutionary Theory to Gain Widespread Interest 19. For 10 Years Mendel Patiently Cultivated and Tested 20. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 21. At Home He Discovered Another New Area of Learning 22. He Decided to Write a Doctoral Thesis 23. Einstein Was Famous 24. Back in Berlin He Continued His Work 25. James Watson (1928-), Francis Crick (1916-2004) and the Hunt for Dna 26. James Watson Decided to Go to Copenhagen 27. In November 1951 Wilkins Went to Cambridge