The History of Science

by Tom Jackson

Mankind has forever strived to learn. The tribe with the better weapons can hunt more efficiently, defend itself better and take what it lacked from their neighbours. With the advent of farming and the ability to domesticate wild animals, the first civilisations began to form. Better housing, advances in medicine and the ability to pass knowledge down through the generations increased mankind s knowledge of himself and his environment. The History of Science follows mankind s journey from primitive stone tools and weapons, through the bronze and iron ages, through the Renaissance and on to a quest for the stars. With informative text, illustrations, diagrams and maps and a continuous timeline The History of Science will take you on a journey the like of which has never been seen before. Contents: Stone Age Technology The Bronze Age The Iron Age Science in the Classical World Age of Alchemy Golden Ages Copernicus Moves the Earth Galileo s New View Baconian Revolutions Newton s Laws Using Engine Power Collecting electricity Classifying life Pneumatic chemists Electric currents Atoms and elements Studying light Electromagnetism The Age of Earth Discovering Energy Cell theory and Darwinism James Clerk Maxwell The Periodic Table Standard Time Radioactivity and radiation An Expanding Universe Classifying stars Relativity Quantum Physics An Expanding Universe Antibiotics Electronics Echoes of the Big Bang The Standard Model Superconductors Genetic modification Dark Energy From the Higgs Boson to Gravity waves The Future

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2019

About the author

"I'm a non-fiction author and project editor (plus I do a bit of journalism). I'm available for project development, writing, project management and I also work as a packager. Click on the links above to see examples of my work.

But first some background: Over the last 20 years, I've written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television. I get to write about a wide range of subjects, everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. However, my specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. I've worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.

I spend my days finding fun ways of communicating all kinds of facts, new and old, to every age group and reading ability. I live in Bristol, England, with my wife and three children. I studied zoology at Bristol University and have had spells working at the zoos in Jersey and Surrey. I used to be something of a conservationist, which included planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing buffaloes from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing jobs have also taken me to the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon rainforest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, I can be found mainly in the attic."
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Reviews

[Susan]

A brilliant introduction to those who are fascinated with the History of Science. This is definitely for building your foundation knowledge and continue on with other works to learn more about the topic area. This isn't for someone who already has a sound understand and wish to expand; but if you are interested in the History of Science but are from a non-Science background, it would be perfect for you.

4 Stars

[Christopher Allanson]

This is a huge subject and the author makes a brave effort at compressing many millenia of invention and learning into one readable volume, but the whole is let down by some basic errors. I was put off at the very start by the section on the periodic table. The author correctly states that each element is defined by two numbers, but the accompanying diagram shows only one of them. As you read on, you become aware of typographical errors, where words have been transposed within a sentence, or basic spelling mistakes (Egpyt for Egypt!). As someone who has been involved with proof-reading for an author, I realise what a chore it can be, but it simply has to be done if the author is to speak with authority. The reader could be forgiven for thinking - "If he got something this simple wrong, how many other errors are there?" It is such a shame when a little more care could have produced a superb, authoritative introduction to the subject.