Galileo (Pioneers of Science)

by Douglas Mc Tavish (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $11.92

  This is one of a series which looks at the development of scientific thought and discovery through the lives and achievements of some of the world's great scientists. The book examines the life and times of Galileo, tracing his career as mathematician, astronomer and physicist, and exploring the importance of his work for future generations. Galileo was born in Italy at a time when all scientific thought was based on the teachings of the Ancient Greek philosophers. His constantly-enquiring mind rejected scientific findings which had not been proved by experiment, and he showed that the Greeks' findings were wrong, although it was many years before his work was officially acknowledged. This book sets out to show how, through this method of testing experimentally and then analyzing the results of his findings, Galileo laid the foundation for all future scientific work.

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.28

  This series looks at the development of scientific thought and discovery through the lives and achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists. Focusing on Joseph Lister, this book outlines his contributions to medical science through his work with antisepsis. It describes his life as a medical student in London, and later as a surgeon in Edinburgh. In those days probably more patients died from infected wounds and post-operative infections than from the diseases themselves and, following Louis Pasteur's discovery of disease-carrying microbes in the air, Lister determined to find a way of preventing these microbes from entering wounds. His development of antisepsis produced a dramatic improvement in the results of surgical operations, and his methods also meant that completely new types of surgery could be performed.