Boffinology
The Real Stories Behind Our Greatest Scientific Discoveries
$43.17
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2011
Summary
The history of science is often seen as a story of advancement, but nothing could be further from the truth. Science has progressed, but rarely in the direction intended and seldom for the reasons given. This has a lot to do with the people responsible.
Meet Thales, credited as ‘the father of science’, whose only real claim to fame is that he often fell into ditches. Discover how Archimedes never said ‘Eureka’ and hated baths anyway, and how the most lucrative ancient Greek invention …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848542013 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848542011 |
| Author: | Justin Pollard |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 237g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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An illuminating read - Financial Times
This approachable and often funny compendium of tales about scientists and their discoveries is also making an important argument: that science is not the stately, dispassionate progress from evidence to theory that some of its self-appointed defenders think - GuardianAddictive - IndependentAbout The Author
Justin Pollard
Justin Pollard read Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge. He is a historical writer and consultant in film and TV. His credits include Elizabeth and Atonement and the BBC TV drama The Tudors, as well as more than twenty-five documentary series such as Channel 4’s Time Team. He is a writer and researcher for QI and the author of seven books including The Interesting Bits, Charge! and Secret Britain.
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