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320 pages
illustrations (chiefly colour)
Contents include: The dawn of science, 650BCE-1450 -- Scientific revolution, 1450-1650 -- Reason and enlightenment, 1650-1800 -- Science and industry, 1800-1895 -- Paradigm shifts, 1895-1925 -- War and modernity, 1935-1950 -- Theories of everything, 1950-present.
Summary: Scientists profiles trailblazing individuals from Greek mathematicians, such as Archimedes and Hipparchus, through physicists of the early 20th-century, such as Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, to modern greats such as Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee. Each featured individual has made a major contribution to one or more scientific fields, from physics and astronomy to chemistry, biology, psychology, and from genetics and computer science to geology and meteorology. Combining elements of biography, history, and analysis, Scientists Who Changed History explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these revolutionary men and women in a clear and informative way.