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 The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of Its Greatest Inventors $17.95 I liked this book, and I keep it on my personal bookshelf along with my varied assortment of useful dictionaries, thesauruses and encyclopedias. In other words, I like it so much that I value it as an ongoing source of information--not just a single reading. In fifteen chapters, the author briefly covers the lives and significant scientific contributions of well over a hundred scientists whom any serious student of scientific history should, at the very least, be acquainted with. Beginning with the early Renaissance, the author discusses the lives and contributions of Nicolaus Copernicus and his earth-centered theory of the cosmos, William Harvey and human blood circulation and then, chapter by chapter, continues all way up to modern cosmology with noted scientists such as Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell and their famous Hertzsrung-Russel star diagram. That includes a lot of lot of scientists. However, by his own assessment, the author admits that the book is certainly not comprehensive. Understandably, there simply isn't room to discuss every scientist and every contribution in a single volume. So the author picked his subjects carefully. To quote, "I have chosen stories that represent the development of science in its historical context." And, in that regard, I think Mr. John Gribbin did a splendid job. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and I give it five stars.  Historic Print (XL): The Great strike--the Sixth Maryland Regiment fighting its way through Baltimore / from $67.00 This is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. Date: 1877Subject: Notes: Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1877 Aug. 11, p. 617.Format: Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880.SOURCE: Library of Congress |
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