Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The history of science is the history of great minds building upon the ideas of their predecessors. In 1676, Isaac Newton wrote to Robert Hooke, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." The five-volume On the Shoulders of Giants set chronologically presents those "giants" and their work. By showing how science evolved from the philosophies of ancient Greece to today's high-tech science, these volumes convey the importance and the excitement of scientific discovery.
This volume surveys the scientific achievements of a period that brought the development of classical science to a close and set the stage for the breakthroughs of modern science.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-129) and index.