The scientists : a history of science told through the lives of its greatest inventors
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New York :
Random House,
2003
2004 |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments.
- Introduction.
- Book One: Out of the dark ages. 1. Renaissance men. 2. The Last mystics. 3. The First scientists.
- Book Two: The Founding fathers. 4. Science finds its feet. 5. Newtonian revolution. 6. Expanding horizons.
- Book Three. The Enlightenment. 7. Enlightened science I : chemistry catches up. 8. Enlightened science II : progress on all fronts.
- Book Four: The Big picture. 9. The Darwinian revolution. 10. Atoms and molecules. 11. Let there be light. 12. Last hurrah! of classical science.
- Book Five: Modern times. 13. Inner space. 14. Realm of life. 15. Outer space.
- Coda : Pleasure of finding things out