Publisher's Synopsis
The book is divided into five eras and explores the leading scientific pioneers, discoveries and books within them:
- Ancient World - looks at the beginnings of language, plus the first ever scientific documents produced and translated
- Renaissance in Print - explores the effects of the invention of the printing press and the exploration of the seas and skies
- Modern Classical - surveys the nineteenth century and the development of science as a profession
- Post-Classical - dissects the twentieth century and the introduction of relativity, quantum theory and genetics
- The Next Generation - reviews the period from 1980 to the modern day, showing how science has become accessible to the general public