A 2005 set comprising five volumes detailing the histories of the established departments of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: the Mount Wilson Observatory, the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, the Geophysical Laboratory, the Department of Plant Biology and the Department of Embryology. A century of experiment, discovery and evolution is revealed.
Contents
Volume 1: The Mount Wilson Observatory: Breaking the Code of Cosmic Evolution. Volume 2: The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Volume 3: The Geophysical Laboratory. Volume 4: The Department of Plant Biology. Volume 5: The Department of Embryology.

