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Exploring 250 milestone discoveries in medicine spanning more than 12,000 years, Pickover brings insight and acumen to the broad spectrum of medical studies.

What could be more fascinating than the workings of the human mind? This survey chronicles the history of psychology through 250 landmark events, theories, publications, experiments and discoveries. Beginning with ancient philosophies of well-being, it touches on such controversial topics as phrenology, sexual taboos, and electroshock therapy.

This volume presents 250 milestones in the science of the production, sale and purchase of goods and services.

This illustrated compendium includes 250 entries on science selected from titles in the `Sterling Milestones' series.

From atoms and fluorescent pigments to sulfa drug synthesis and buckyballs, this chronology presents 250 milestones in the world of chemistry. As the central science that bridges biology and physics, chemistry plays an important role in medical and technological advances. Derek B. Lowe traces the most important and surprising chemical discoveries.

Engineering is where human knowledge meets real-world problems and solves them. It's the source of some of our greatest inventions, from the wheel to the jet engine. The author offers a look at 250 milestones in the discipline. He covers the various areas, including chemical, aerospace and computer engineering, from ancient history onwards.

Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, the author intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project, with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum, the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants.