Frontiers of science : : on the brink of tomorrow / [electronic resource] / prepared by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society ; [contributing authors, Derek DeSolla Price ... [et al.].. — [Washington, D.C.] : : The Society,, c1982.. — 199 p. : : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Scientists and their tools / by Derek deSolla Price -- The universe--quasars to quarks / by Donald D. Clayton -- The family of the sun / by Bradford A. Smith -- Our changing planet earth / by J. Tuzo Wilson --Probing the new biology / by Richard F. Thompson -- Advances in medical science / by Anthony Cerami -- Wonders of the brain / by Solomon H. Snyder.



Анотація:
Contents: Scientists and their tools by Derek deSolla Prince - The Universe-quasars to quarks by Donald D. Clayton - the family of the sun by Bradford A. Smith.

ISBN: 087044414X : $6.95 9780870444142 0870444190 (lib. bdg.) : $8.50 9780870444197 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 82018978

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science.

LC Class. No.: Q171 / .F89 1982

Dewey Class. No.: 500