This sweeping history of scientific discovery begins in ancient times and races through centuries of invention, all the way into the future.
This ultimate home reference reveals simple machines and modern-day marvels side by side, following beautifully illustrated timelines that map out the entire history of science and spotlight its most momentous discoveries. A jaw-dropping collection of more than 1,500 photographs, illustrations, maps, and graphics traces the evolution of science year by year, century by century.
Readers meet influential inventors and famous faces from the past, including Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, and Stephen Hawking, and visit places of scientific importance such as prehistoric cave art, Stonehenge, Hiroshima and the first atomic bomb, and the Moon landings, right through to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle. Eye-catching images, helpful timelines, and accessible, informative text make these huge events simple to grasp.
Landmark figures and periods come together in this one stunning family reference, showcasing the ideas, experiments, and technologies that have shaped our daily lives and transformed the world we live in today.
Budding scientists, get ready for a time-travelling trip like no other.
ISBN 13: 9780241212264
Author: DK
