A Century of Nature

Foreword, by Steven Weinberg
Preface, by Laura Garwin and Tim Lincoln
Chronology of twentieth-century science

1. Raymond Dart and our African origins
C. K. Brain
1925 "Australopithecus africanus: the man-ape of South Africa" by Raymond A. Dart

2. Electrons make waves
Akira Tonomura
1927 "The scattering of electrons by a single crystal of nickel" by C. Davisson and L. H. Germer

3. The atom completed
Maurice Goldhaber
1932 "Possible existence of a neutron" by J. Chadwick

4. Superfluidity: a new state of matter
Allan Griffin
1938 "Viscosity of liquid helium below the -point" by P. Kapitza

5. From nuclear physics to nuclear weapons
Joseph Rotblat
1939 "Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction" by Lise Meitner and O. R. Frisch

6. The double helix
Sydney Brenner
1953 "A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid" by J. D. Watson and F. H. C. Crick

7. Dawn of structural biology
Gregory A. Petsko
1958 "A three-dimensional model of the myoglobin molecule obtained by X-ray analysis" by J. C. Kendrew, G. Bodo, H. M. Dintzis, R. G. Parrish, H. Wyckoff, and D. C. Phillips

8. The first laser
Charles H. Townes
1960 "Stimulated optical radiation in ruby" by T. H. Maiman

9. The quasar enigma
Malcolm Longair
1963 "3C 273: a star-like object with large red-shift" by M. Schmidt

10. Seafloor magnetism and drifting continents
Dan McKenzie
1963 "Magnetic anomalies over oceanic ridges" by F. J. Vine and D. H. Matthews

11. Stellar timekeepers
Joseph H. Taylor
1968 "Observation of a rapidly pulsating radio source" by A. Hewish, S. J. Bell, J. D. H. Pilkington, P. F. Scott, and R. A. Collins

12. Viruses reverse the information flow
Robin A. Weiss
1970 "RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of RNA tumour viruses" by David Baltimore; "RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in virions of Rous sarcoma virus" by Howard M. Temin and Satoshi Mizutani

13. Images of body and brain
Marcus E. Raichle
1973 "Image formation by induced local interactions: examples employing nuclear magnetic resonance" by P. C. Lauterbur

14. Journey to the T cell
Jonathan C. Howard
1974 "Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system" by R. M. Zinkernagel and P. C. Doherty

15. Molecular switches for "animal electricity"
Fred J. Sigworth
1976 "Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres" by Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann

16. DNA sequencing: the silent revolution
Peter Little
1977 "Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage X174 DNA" by F. Sanger, G. M. Air, B. G. Barrell, N. L. Brown, A. R. Coulson, J. C. Fiddes, C. A. Hutchison III, P. M. Slocombe, and M. Smith

17. The blueprint of animals revealed
Ginés Morata
1980 "Mutations affecting segment number and polarity in Drosophila" by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus

18. A hole in Earths shield
Richard S. Stolarski
1985 "Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction" by J. C. Farman, B. G. Gardiner, and J. D. Shanklin

19. Carbon cages and carbon tubes
Philip Ball
1985 "C60: buckminsterfullerene" by H. W. Kroto, J. R. Heath, S. C. OBrien, R. F. Curl, and R. E. Smalley

20. Seeking other solar systems
Gordon A. H. Walker
1995 "A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star" by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz

21. Dolly!
Davor Solter
1997 "Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells" by I. Wilmut, A. E. Schnieke, J. McWhir, A. J. Kind, and K. H. S. Campbell

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