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This category is for articles on history books with scientific discoveries as a topic. Pages in category "History books about scientific discoveries" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Are You wonderful? Good Science Says, Yes: How to tell good science from bad. Alison Jolly (2001). Lucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution. Steve Jones (1995). The Language of the Genes. David Starr Jordan (1901). The Blood of the Nation: A Study in the Decay of Races by the Survival of the Unfit. Joseph Jordania (2006).
The book, subtitled A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself, is a history of human discovery. Discovery in many forms is described: exploration, science, medicine, mathematics, and more-theoretical ones, such as time, evolution, plate tectonics, and relativity.
He questioned whether scientific advances could be neatly categorised as either serendipitous or non-serendipitous, since in his view all discoveries required "creative leaps". [8] Hopf wrote that the book was a collection of colourful anecdotes. He described it as useful from a pedagogical standpoint, even if perhaps not historically accurate.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American-British author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science, using easily accessible language that appeals more to the general public than many other books dedicated to the subject. It was one of the bestselling popular science books of 2005 in the United Kingdom ...
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs was Brusatte's first book for a popular adult audience, but he had written a number of popular science articles and several children's books. [4] It was published in 2018 by Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. The cover was designed by Mumtaz Mustafa and illustrated by Todd Marshal. [5]
Merton believed that it is multiple discoveries, rather than unique ones, that represent the common pattern in science. [4] Merton contrasted a "multiple" with a "singleton"—a discovery that has been made uniquely by a single scientist or group of scientists working together. [5] The distinction may blur as science becomes increasingly ...