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Galileo's Commandment: 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing

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Bolles has scoured the literature of science to build a treasury that is accessible and riveting, and therefore appealing to readers unfamiliar with science, yet erudite enough for the scientifically initiated to enjoy.

512 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1999

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Edmund Blair Bolles

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4 reviews
May 2, 2020
"Her şeyi bilme şeklindeki bu kendini beğenmiş küstahlığın temeli hiçbir zaman hiçbir şeyi anlamamış olmaktan başka bir şey değildir. Bir kerecik olsun, tek bir şeyi tam olarak anlama deneyimi olan ve bilginin nasıl elde edildiğini gerçekten duyumsamış olan bir kimse, kendisinin hiç anlamadığı sonsuz sayıda başka hakikatlerin de var olduğunu farkeder."
Profile Image for Erhan Kılıç.
20 reviews1 follower
November 10, 2016
Çeşitli zamanlardan ve çeşitli alanlarda uzmanlaşmış farklı bilim insanlarının yazdıkları kitaplardan, günlüklerden kendilerine ait fikirleri okumak farklı bir yarar ve keyif sağlıyor. Herkese tavsiye ederim. Çok farklı bakış açıları kazanıyorsunuz.
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183 reviews
December 11, 2019
This 476 page book of science readings was remarkable for it's brief bio of authors before each selection and different literary styles of the different scientific authors going back to the ancients (as in Aristotle). An easy book to take a little sample here and a little sample there.
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69 reviews38 followers
November 21, 2016
Tarihin farklı dönemlerinden bilimsel yazıları bir araya getiren güzel bir seçki.
65 reviews
June 3, 2021
Excellent selection of essays from leading scientists over the ages. Great overview of scientific progress from those who made it. "Contribute to science"
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62 reviews25 followers
August 3, 2021
Excellent collection of scientific excerpts from across the ages.

The selections from the field of psychology I found poor and not up to the standard of the rest of the anthology.
397 reviews28 followers
May 30, 2011
A really excellent job of choosing the selections. I've been repeatedly dipping into this, and rereading it, ever since I got it.
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July 20, 2019
Reading this book feels like seeing things from the eyes of the thinker him/herself. A good easy read that gives s ienxw that human touch.
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