Ten outstanding Filipino scientists /
Chua, Queena N. Lee
Ten outstanding Filipino scientists / Quenna N. Lee Chua. - Pasig City : Anvil Pub., c2000. - xiii, 256 pages : illustrations 25 cm.
This volume features ten outstanding Filipino scientists from different scientific disciplines: agriculture, mathematics, physics, medicine, marine science, chemistry, engineering and biology. All of them are well known here and abroad, and have made substantial contributions to their field of expertise. The author did not only focus on the lives of the scientists but discussed their work thoroughly as well. Technical terms are defined and explained, and diagram supplement the text when necessary. To heighten reader enjoyment, fascinating facts and figures, historical oddities and record holders, description of famous scientific figures, humorous accounts and local applications are attractively displayed in boxes at various points in the chapter. There are sections for reader who wants to delve even deeper into scientific intricacies while exercises and other questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter. A glossary of terms of non-English terms is provided at the end of the book
971-27-1022-x
Scientist--Philippines
Q 149.P6 / .C47 2000
Ten outstanding Filipino scientists / Quenna N. Lee Chua. - Pasig City : Anvil Pub., c2000. - xiii, 256 pages : illustrations 25 cm.
This volume features ten outstanding Filipino scientists from different scientific disciplines: agriculture, mathematics, physics, medicine, marine science, chemistry, engineering and biology. All of them are well known here and abroad, and have made substantial contributions to their field of expertise. The author did not only focus on the lives of the scientists but discussed their work thoroughly as well. Technical terms are defined and explained, and diagram supplement the text when necessary. To heighten reader enjoyment, fascinating facts and figures, historical oddities and record holders, description of famous scientific figures, humorous accounts and local applications are attractively displayed in boxes at various points in the chapter. There are sections for reader who wants to delve even deeper into scientific intricacies while exercises and other questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter. A glossary of terms of non-English terms is provided at the end of the book
971-27-1022-x
Scientist--Philippines
Q 149.P6 / .C47 2000
