Tracing the history of scientific discovery, a physicist explains why scientific culture has become so inaccessible, beginning with Galileo, who described his theories in mathematical language in order to avoid trouble with the church. 15,000 first printing.
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Joseph Schwartz is a physicist and writer, author of Einstein for Beginners (with Michael McGuiness) and Partial Progress: The Politics of Science and Technology (with David Albury). He lives in London with his partner Susie Orbach and their two children.
Traces the history of scientific discovery, and explains why scientific culture has become so inaccessible.
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