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A Little History Of Science (2012)

by William F. Bynum(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0300136595 (ISBN13: 9780300136593)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Yale University Press

review 1: This book consists of short chapters (around 6 pages each) taking us from the beginnings of science to the present. Bynum shows how science and religion often went together in the past, with the first people doing science being priests. He shows that science can be both simple observation and complex laboratory work or complicated formulas. He shows the development over time and how each new advance built on work done earlier. The writing assumes no prior knowledge of the different aspects of science, with all technical terms explained in words even a child can understand. Bynum makes science both interesting and approachable and shows how science has influenced humans and the world we live in over time. From astronomy to zoology, chemistry to physics, medicine to technolo... moregy, genetics to geology, he shows the progress over time and the interrelationships between different branches of science. A great introduction to the subject that leaves the reader with many avenues for future investigation.
review 2: Compressing millenia of scientific development into 250 pages is not an easy task. Bynum takes a good stab at it. He believes magic, religion, technology, and science have been the tools to understand and control the world. I would have been confused in a number of places if I hadn't already known a fair amount about the topics, so I wouldn't consider it an introductory book. Still worth reading to put developments in context. less

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