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100 Greatest Science Inventions of All Time (Paperback) - Common

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360 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1999

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Profile Image for غازي.
102 reviews46 followers
December 11, 2019
كتاب عظيم جدا وسهل فى معلوماته للقارئ العادى الغير مختص أو مهتم بالعلوم بدرجة كبيرة،
يحاول الكاتب ان يجيب ان أربعة أسئلة فى قصة أى اكتشاف.
- ما هذا الاكتشاف؟
- من المكتشف؟
- لماذا يعد هذا الاكتشاف صمن المائة العظمى؟
- كيف جاء هذا الاكتشاف؟
الترجمة كانت ممتازة وإضافات المترجم لم تخرج عن سياق ومعنى الكتاب وكانت جيدة فى أغلبها.
Profile Image for Feras Alropa.
139 reviews23 followers
May 9, 2021
بجد اخجل من نفسي لاني قرأة هذا الكتاب
كل شي كان يجري بشكل جيد مع هذا الكتاب
الا اني لاحظت ان كل الأكتشافات الذعومة
هي لأشخاص غربيين ونسي الكاتب المحترم وجود علماء عرب احق ان يذكروا
الى ان اتت الطامة الكبرى الأوهي داروين
هنا توقفت عن القراءة
Profile Image for Raya راية.
845 reviews1,637 followers
October 23, 2014
كتاب جميل يشرح عن كل اكتشاف بطريقة سهلة ومفهومة
Profile Image for Raj Mehta.
3 reviews3 followers
March 13, 2017
Very informative book with a lot of interesting information. It summaries the inventor and the description of each invention. The way the invention was created can be described in more detail and is often confusing. I would recommend this book to others who want to understand how the machines and tools used today were created. I have almost completed the book
Profile Image for Mohamed Salah.
240 reviews4 followers
August 5, 2015
الكتاب ف المجمل كويس
بس فى الاكتشافات الفيزيائيه و الذريه والدون ذريه معقد للغايه ع الرغم من انى درست حاجات كتير من دى يمكن لان اللى ترجمه طبيب
في حاجات كتير صعبه جدا ع الفهم بشكل غريب =D
ومش عارف اشمعنى ال 100 دول يعنى اللى اختارهم ها!
Profile Image for Jaime K.
Author 1 book44 followers
August 8, 2013
Haven covers 100 Greatest Science Discoveries, including some within mathematics. Every discovery is 2-3 pages long, with a definition and the scientist(s) attributed to it, a brief blurb on it, and a few paragraphs of background info. Each "chapter" ends with a fun fact (that is sometimes a bit random) and additional resources. Despite the typos and some grammar mistakes (seriously, was there an editor???), I love it.

Some of the scientists are crazy! Quite a few discoveries came about because the possibility of chaos/disorder was just. not. acceptable. Also, the malleability (if that's the word I'm looking for) of mercury is far more important than I've ever realized.

~ Andreas Vesaius, in order to learn more about human anatomy, would go through graveyards and Paris' mound of Monfaucon to get his hands on fresh bodies.

~I learned how barometers work! If I had learned as a child, I had forgotten.

~ Robert Hooke, who had discovered the existence of cells, was a person we can all learn from. His motto, since he was a child, was "I can do that." And everything he attempted, he did.

~ Fun Facts: Cell biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division. (P 22)
(TBF, division is multiplying by the reciprocal. Silly Haven).

~ Spinach is being used as a power source (as an alternate to electricity)?!!?! That is awesome, no wonder why it's so good to eat. Also, I didn't realize Franklin also discovered the effect ocean currents have on climate. What a brilliant man.

~ Humphry Davy, who discovered anesthesia and electrochemical bonding had a few screws loose. 'Hm, I wonder what this mixture of gasses does. I think I'm going to sniff them.'
*passes out*
Seriously, what the heck?! He almost killed himself with carbon dioxide poisoning.
What needs to get the job done, right?

~ I didn't realize the Southern hemisphere also have electromagnetic lights, called 'southern lights' or the aurora australis. That is so cool!

~ I also didn't know that dinosaurs were unknown until 1824. That wasn't all that long ago!

~ The word "chromosomes" means 'colored bodies' in Greek. Its singular is "chromatin," which is what Walther Flemming called colored threadlike objects he was finally able to see with a new dye that didn't kill the cells scientists were trying to study.

~ Hah, the X in X-ray isn't short for anything! Just like in algebra, Wilhelm Roentgen threw an 'x' there to represent an unknown.

~ It is CRAZY that cows have over 800 possible blood types! Humans (and cats) are easy.

~ I didn't realize that Marie Curie's notebooks were even radioactive....and for many years after her death!

~ The awareness of vitamins is just over 100 years old (1906). That boggles my mind.

~ Haven explains isotopes well. He really does. I understand a smidge more than I used to...but I just can't grasp the eccentricities of them. Haven says in the last sentence of the discovery on page 134: "But an understanding of neutrons was needed in order to fully understand them."
Well. That explains why I don't.

~ The knowledge of the continental drift is just cool to read. So was the info on expanding galaxies. I understand more!

~ Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (and his own insecurity about not knowing everything) is, to me, reasoning that God and science aren't separate but one. Science can't explain everything, but any type of theism can. I freaking LOVE it!

~ The cell structure was only known in 1933?? And knowledge on the Ecosystem was ONLY 1935?!!?!
AND SERIOUSLY DINOSAURS?! TRUE INFO WASN'T DISCOVERED UNTIL 1976?!?!?!?!?!?!?!! Bakker wasn't even taken seriously for almost 20 years. That is ridiculous.
Science makes me feel young. We haven't known many things for a long time - a lot is within the past 100 years.

~ Like the fact that planets exist around other stars. I understand that since planets don't emit light it's difficult to see them, but my mind is still boggled.
Profile Image for Youssef Al Amri.
71 reviews14 followers
July 11, 2018
من نوعية الكتب المحببة إلى قلبي والتي لا تتمنى أن تنتهي من قراءتها. يتناول الكتاب أعظم 100 اكتشاف علمي - حسب وجة نظر الكاتب - مع ذكر سبب أهمية الاكتشاف وكيف تم ذلك ونبذة عن المكتشف.
رتب المؤلف الاكتشافات بدءًا من الأقدم إلى الأحدث بأسلوب مختصر وجذاب وثري بالمعلومات مما فتح مداركي على تطور المسيرة العلمية وكيف تغيرت أفكارنا ونظرتنا إلى الحياة والكون بسبب هذه الاكتشافات العظيمة.

قراءة ممتعة أتمناها لكم :)
Profile Image for Ahmed Ezzeldien.
Author 1 book115 followers
May 10, 2017
كتاب رائع .. ذكر قصة أعظم 100 اكتشاف علمي في التاريخ، ماهيته وفائدته وقصة اكتشافه، وبأسلوب سهل وجذاب وممتع، وهناك قصص أو اكتشافات قد تكون أكثر جاذبية من الأخرى حسب اهتماماتك العلمية، فتتمنى لو طالت القصة أو كثرت تفاصيلها، والبعض الأخر الذي هو القليل .. قد يجده البعض أنه معروف قبلاً أو ليس بجاذبية باقي الاكتشافات .. مجهود محترم جداً في الترجمة والأسلوب الجذاب...
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5 reviews
September 2, 2017
A scientific book , yet narratively scripted in an anecdotal way about the most amazingly world changing discoveries over the course of recorded human history. It massively depicts the human endeavor, potentials as well as persistence that have absolutely no boundaries!...

wholeheartedly recommended,
Profile Image for Elene Latsoshvili.
20 reviews20 followers
September 1, 2016
I loved the book. All is structured properly and easy to comprehend, facts are enhanced with personal stories of the scientists. I will definitely read if for several times. Also, huge bibliography is included with interesting science books about each discovery.
Profile Image for Mezzo Yussif.
13 reviews1 follower
May 18, 2016
كتاب رائع جدًا، اعتقد أنه سيكون من المفيد

لو تم تدريس محتواه في المدارس

معلومات عجيبة، لم اسمع عن الكثير منها

وبعض الإضافات الطريفة التي تخرجك من الملل

لو شعرت به ^^
Profile Image for CharlotteReads.
285 reviews
January 21, 2019
100 Greatest Science Discoveries is an enjoyable and pleasant read. The discoveries are presented in a time line and leads us through a lovely history and light overview. It is great for short bios with snippets for classroom use. The sequential presentation makes it clear how everything we are technologically is based on the great scientists of our past. Accessible to the novice and beginning enthusiasts of any grade through adulthood. I was continually impressed at how failures led to success and advancement over the centuries. Published by Scholastic. A fun overview of the history of science and why each step was important.
Profile Image for Aye zhraldin.
63 reviews1 follower
February 19, 2022
الكتاب : قصة أعظم 100 اكتشاف علمي
الكاتب : كيندال هيفن
نوع الكتاب : علمي
عدد الصفحات : 348
تقييم الكتاب : 9 من 10

🔬موسوعة شاملة لأشهر الاختراعات و الاكتشافات متضمنة اسم المكتشف و قصة اكتشافه و لماذا يعد من الإكتشافات المئة العظمى.

🔬كتاب قيم و مليء بالمعلومات المهمة رتب الكاتب الاكتشافات بدءًا من الأقدم إلى الأحدث بأسلوب مختصر.

🔬 تكلم عن أهم ما تم اختراعه على مر الزمن ك التشريح البشري، الشمس محور الكون، الحرارة، الديناصورات، الفيتامينات، التخدير، زمر الدم، الحياة في أعماق البحار و الوراثة.
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February 21, 2016
ايقنت ان بعض الكتب قد تزيد عقولنا جهلاً !
هل يعقل ان اهم الاكتشافات اكتشفت فقط من الغرب، لم اجد للخوارزمي والرازي وغيرهم من العلماء العرب نصيب بين هذه الاكتشافات رغم انهم هم الاوائل في مثل هذه الاكتشافات !
الكتاب سلس وقصص الاكتشافات قصيره وممتعه لكن عدم المصداقية محت كل ايجابياته.

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1 review11 followers
May 5, 2011
Great book, it tells about every discovery as a short story, extremely enjoyable and informative
Profile Image for Ethar Abuhashish.
329 reviews27 followers
July 13, 2014
ف بعض الأجزاء مملة جدا بس كويس إلى حد ما يعنى .....بس مش زى ماكنت متوقعة :-/
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44 reviews13 followers
December 30, 2016
كتاب ممتع وجميل وبسيط الي اقصى درجة ما لفت نظري هو ان معظم العلماء توصلوا الي اعظم انجازاتهم وهم في سن الثلاثين!
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