The dominant aspect of modern culture is science. From the universal
machines - our desktop computers - with which we work all day, to
the medical technologies that sustain our bodies, its achievements
are inescapable.
Yet science is not a natural way of thinking and many of its ideas have
been contrary to common sense. Conflict between scientists is rife; they
are ambitious and make mistakes. With research often fuelled by hostility
as well as by curiosity, there is rarely a simple upward path of progress.
Just how, then, has the impact of science been so comprehensive?
Revolutions in Science is a series of books written for a general
audience that seeks to present scientific history as it really happened.
From the birth of science with the Ancient Greeks to Copernicus’
outrageous idea of a swiftly moving earth, to the present day haranguing
between two of the most respected figures in evolutionary theory, they
narrate key moments in the history of science that have defined the age
we live in today.
Revolutions in Science
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Latitude and the Magnetic Earth William Gilbert (1544 - 1603) was royal physician to Queen Elizabeth 1 and the most distinguished man of science to emerge from her reign. Yet, incredibly, is he largely unknown.
Frank Whittle: Invention of the Jet Frank Whittle's story of the invention of the jet has become a British national myth. But how much of it is actually true?
Lovelock and Gaia Jon Turney explains the theory that all living things are part of one great organism, and life as a whole shapes the planetary environment.
