What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant’s shoes—and deserve credit for the birth of modern
A lively and humor-infused treasury of scientific lore takes readers on an illustrated tour of top ideas in the scientific world, from the range of infinity and the interior of black holes to the eart
We are made of stardust?and so is all life as we know it. All the chemical elements on earth except hydrogen?including the ones in our bodies?have been processed inside stars, scattered across the uni
What if Isaac Newton had never lived? Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and
What if Isaac Newton had never lived?Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and
This book distills the history of science into 100 epic experiments that have fueled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond.Everything in the scientific world view is based on experiment,
A history of science distilled into 100 notable experiments - epic moments that have fuelled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond. The history of science is a fascinating and long one, c
In 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis--the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life--he was ridiculed by the scientific establishm
A celebrated astronomer makes a powerful case for the harmony between two of physics’ most important and seemingly contradictory theories The twentieth century gave us two great theories of phy
How did the universe begin? Where do galaxies come from? How do stars and planets form? Where do the material particles we are made of come from? How did life begin? Today we have only provisional an
Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no nucl
