This book : "outlines the key concepts forming the core of each major branch of science, and how they were developed ; reviews the achievements of all the major

"From earliest pre-history, with the dawning understanding of fire and its many uses, including cooking and pottery, up to the twenty-first century and the 26-k

Tells the story of the development of scientific theory, from the dawn of history to now: the leaps of imagination, the intellectual virtuosity, and the sheer h

The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mat