The Origins of Modern Science

by Ofer Gal

The Origins of Modern Science is the first synthetic account of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution in many decades. Providing readers of all backgrounds and students of all disciplines with the tools to study science like a historian, Ofer Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, through Islamic medicine, medieval architecture, global commerce and magic. Richly illustrated throughout, scientific reasoning and practices are introduced in accessible and engaging ways with an emphasis on the complex relationships between institutions, beliefs and political structures and practices. Readers gain valuable new insights into the role that science plays both in history and in the world today, placing the crucial challenges to science and technology of our time within their historical and cultural context.

Genres: History

412 pages, Paperback

Published March 18, 2021

Reviews

[Luca Signorelli · Rating 2 out of 5]

It could have been an exciting overview of early science's history aimed at laymen, but it's so packed with inaccuracies and factual mistakes that, after a while, it becomes impossible to read for anyone with a bit of previous knowledge of the subject. I can't believe how there can be, in 2022, anything published in this field of research with such a low level of fact-checking. Avoid

[Nils]

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