THE INVENTION OF SCIENCE

A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwins Ghostsa groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world.We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today, science and its practitioners have come under political attack. In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing wh y the Scient...[Llegir més]