
The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion
《科学的故事》精心遴选了古今中外近百个科学故事,以时间为线索,将分属各个科学领域中最伟大的科学发明、发现和科学家的故事,连缀成一部通俗的人类科学发展简史。Michael Mosley为探究科学认识的发展与社会历史的进程的密切关系,进行了一趟增长见识和雄心勃勃的旅程。

How we came to understand our planet was not at the centre of everything in the cosmos.

How atomic theories and concepts of quantum physics underpin modern technology.

Michael Mosley tells how scientists came to explain the diversity of life on earth.

The story of how power has been harnessed from wind, steam and from inside the atom.

The story of how the secret of life has been examined through the prism of the human body.

The sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are.