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The Science Book: From Darwin to Dark Energy, 250 Milestones in the History of Science
From astronomy to psychology, this beautifully illustrated chronology presents the most important and groundbreaking milestones in science.
Award-winning author Cliff Pickover ( The Math Book , The Physics Book, and The Medical Book ) gathers into one fully illustrated volume the most important thinkers and ideas in the history of science.
This unique omnibus edition includes 250 thoughtfully selected entries from many of the science-based books in the Sterling Milestones series, including math, physics, medicine, biology, chemistry, engineering, psychology, and space. With a new introduction by Pickover explaining how this impressive collection was curated,
The Science Book showcases humanity’s greatest achievements and provides readers with a sense of wonder at the diversity of scientific discovery.
Award-winning author Cliff Pickover ( The Math Book , The Physics Book, and The Medical Book ) gathers into one fully illustrated volume the most important thinkers and ideas in the history of science.
This unique omnibus edition includes 250 thoughtfully selected entries from many of the science-based books in the Sterling Milestones series, including math, physics, medicine, biology, chemistry, engineering, psychology, and space. With a new introduction by Pickover explaining how this impressive collection was curated,
The Science Book showcases humanity’s greatest achievements and provides readers with a sense of wonder at the diversity of scientific discovery.
528 pages, Hardcover
Published November 6, 2018
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Clifford A. Pickover
88 books233 followersClifford Alan Pickover is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, science fiction, innovation, and creativity. For many years, he was employed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York, where he was editor-in-chief of the IBM Journal of Research and Development. He has been granted more than 700 U.S. patents, is an elected Fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and is author of more than 50 books, translated into more than a dozen languages.
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April 15, 2023
"El libro de la Ciencia" es una interesante obra de aproximadamente 500 páginas a todo color que recorre los hitos científicos más importantes, ordenados alfabéticamente. El libro es muy similar al resto de la colección (como por ejemplo "El libro de las Matemáticas" o "El libro de la Filosofía"): en una página nos cuenta el hito científico en cuestión y en la otra, podremos apreciar una fotografía o imagen a todo color. Cabe destacar que aunque la autoría principal es de Pickover, hay contribuciones de grandes científicos como Derek B. Lowe (como por ejemplo en la página 350 o 402) o Marshall Brain (como por ejemplo en la página 212).
Desde luego este no es un libro de bolsillo. Pero opino que queda muy bien en la biblioteca personal de cualquier casa. ¡Por lo menos un libro de ciencia debe haber!... y este puede ser una buena opción. Además, la selección de temas y el lenguaje que se usa es muy sencillo y atractivo. No obstante, sí que echo de menos que en pleno siglo XXI no se haya considerado incluir infografías o esquemas más prácticos que una imagen o ilustración grande.
Desde luego este no es un libro de bolsillo. Pero opino que queda muy bien en la biblioteca personal de cualquier casa. ¡Por lo menos un libro de ciencia debe haber!... y este puede ser una buena opción. Además, la selección de temas y el lenguaje que se usa es muy sencillo y atractivo. No obstante, sí que echo de menos que en pleno siglo XXI no se haya considerado incluir infografías o esquemas más prácticos que una imagen o ilustración grande.
June 20, 2021
Wow pretty fun and great book.
I found it fascinating Leibniz called the square root of negative one an amphibious number. It was Descartes who popularized the term imaginary as an insult. I’m definitely using amphibious from now on haha.
Would be fun to more seriously learn modern math and science at some point.
Most of the things past 1920 I can only assume can’t be described in a simple page with little prior understanding. But still fun to obtain some sense of the story at a high level. Gauss was a badass. Godel’s theorem is incredibly interesting, but I want an example of the unavoidable contradiction. It seems very hard to understand in more than loose terms.
I greatly enjoyed the short story of Hilbert telling the Nazis to fuck off when they dismissed Noether’s work because she was Jewish and a female. She was brilliant, and her work was a precursor to general relativity.
I found it fascinating Leibniz called the square root of negative one an amphibious number. It was Descartes who popularized the term imaginary as an insult. I’m definitely using amphibious from now on haha.
Would be fun to more seriously learn modern math and science at some point.
Most of the things past 1920 I can only assume can’t be described in a simple page with little prior understanding. But still fun to obtain some sense of the story at a high level. Gauss was a badass. Godel’s theorem is incredibly interesting, but I want an example of the unavoidable contradiction. It seems very hard to understand in more than loose terms.
I greatly enjoyed the short story of Hilbert telling the Nazis to fuck off when they dismissed Noether’s work because she was Jewish and a female. She was brilliant, and her work was a precursor to general relativity.
October 30, 2024
A unique collection, illustrated edition of 250 science entries including math, engineering, chemistry, biology, psychology, and space. This book chronologically shows the human being’s magnificent scientific achievements and discoveries from 18000 BCE to the present time.
The main drawback of the book is that the articles are very shallow and do not allow you to gain a deep understanding of the subject.
The main drawback of the book is that the articles are very shallow and do not allow you to gain a deep understanding of the subject.
October 22, 2019
Brief, very shallow articles on 250 subjects.
December 18, 2022
A good reference book for the subject.
March 15, 2025
was ok
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