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George Johnson In association with Science City Bristol
One of the world's finest science journalists tells the story of the ten greatest moments which profoundly changed our understanding of the universe; from Galileo, William Harvey and Isaac Newton to Michael Faraday, James Joule and Ivan Pavlov; from gravity and the circulation of the blood to the movement of light and the nature of electricity. Johnson looks at how the diligence of all these scientists was rewarded: in an instant, confusion was swept aside, and something new about nature leapt into view. With these ten entertaining histories, Johnson reminds us of a time when all research was hands-on and the most earthshaking science came from a single mind confronting the unknown. |
