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The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery

Andrew Robinson

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The ideas, experiments, and inventions of great scientists have revolutionized
our understanding of the world around us. Theories, discoveries,
and technologies—from relativity, the genetic code, and the periodic
table to synthetic drugs, nuclear weapons, and brain scans—have transformed
the physical world and our lives.
Copernicus, Crick, Watson, Galileo, Marie Curie: these are some of
the forty pioneers behind modern science whose stories are explored
here. The scientists come from around the globe and represent multiple
nationalities—American, English, German, French, Dutch, Czech,
Indian, Japanese, and more. Often unorthodox thinkers, they frequently
had to struggle against hostile contemporaries to gain recognition for
their ideas and discoveries.
All the major scientific disciplines are covered, including astronomy,
biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computing, ecology, geology, medicine,
neurology, physics, and psychology, as well as mathematics.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Thames Hudson

Release: October 01, 2012

ISBN: 0500251916

ISBN 13: 9780500251911

The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery

Andrew Robinson

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The ideas, experiments, and inventions of great scientists have revolutionized
our understanding of the world around us. Theories, discoveries,
and technologies—from relativity, the genetic code, and the periodic
table to synthetic drugs, nuclear weapons, and brain scans—have transformed
the physical world and our lives.
Copernicus, Crick, Watson, Galileo, Marie Curie: these are some of
the forty pioneers behind modern science whose stories are explored
here. The scientists come from around the globe and represent multiple
nationalities—American, English, German, French, Dutch, Czech,
Indian, Japanese, and more. Often unorthodox thinkers, they frequently
had to struggle against hostile contemporaries to gain recognition for
their ideas and discoveries.
All the major scientific disciplines are covered, including astronomy,
biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computing, ecology, geology, medicine,
neurology, physics, and psychology, as well as mathematics.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Thames Hudson

Release: October 01, 2012

ISBN: 0500251916

ISBN 13: 9780500251911

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