The Five Biggest Ideas in SciencePresents five basic scientific hypotheses: the atomic model, the periodic law, the big bang theory, plate techtonics, and evolution. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictWynn (chemistry, Eastern Connecticut State Coll.) and Wiggins (physics, Oakland Community Coll.) here aim to use five fundamental ideas--physics' model of the atom, chemistry's periodic law, astronomy ... Read full review
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User Review - fpagan - LibraryThingThe atom, Periodic Table, Big Bang, plate tectonics, and evolution. Short and apparently aimed at highschoolers. Read full review
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| Title | The Five Biggest Ideas in Science |
| Author | Charles M. Wynn |
| Illustrated by | Sidney Harris |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Barnes & Noble Books, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0760745072, 9780760745076 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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