Eyewitness to Science: Scientists and Writers Illuminate Natural Phenomena from Fossils to Fractals

by John Carey (Editor)

Plotting the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to Chaos Theory, John Carey chooses accounts by scientists themselves that are both elegant and arrestingly written. The classic science-writers are Darwin, Huxley, Fabre. So, too, are the luminaries of the late-twentieth-century genre of popular science-writing which, Carey argues, challenges contemporary poetry and fiction in its imaginative power.

Genres: Science

560 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Charles R. Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating compendium of scientific discoveries over the centuries.