The Scientists A History of Science Told Through The Lives of Its Greatest Inventors by John Gribbin Science Book Gifts for Readers
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This is a near fine ( almost like new ) hardcover with dust jacket. 2005 Random House Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Black hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is near fine but does have very light shelf wear mostly corner/edges. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 646 pages including index.
The Scientists by John Gribbin is subtitled A History of Science Told Through The Lives of Its Greatest Inventors. It is an account of scientific development over the past 500 years. It focuses on the lives and achievements of individual scientists. Icons such as Isaac Newton, Galileo, Albert Einstein and more fill the pages. It is divided into Five "Books" or parts. Book One; Out of the Dark Ages features Renaissance Men and The First Scientists. Book Two The Founding Fathers includes Science Finds Its Feet, The Newtonian Revolution, and Expanding Horizons. Book Three The Enlightenment includes Chemistry Catches Up, and Progress on All Fronts. Book Four is The Big Picture including The Darwinian Revolution, Atoms and Molecules, Let There Be Light and Classical Science. Book Five is Modern Times, Inner Space, Realm of Life and Outer Space.
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