Brian Clegg
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
SCIENTIFICA HISTORICA is an illustrated, essay-based review of those books that marked the development of science from ancient civilizations to the new millennium. The book is divided into five eras and explores the leading scientific pioneers, discoveries and books within them: Ancient World looks at the beginnings of language, plus the first ever scientific documents produced and translated; Renaissance in Print explores the effects of the invention...