A Little History of Science (Audiobook)

from otterpopmusic

I was well into A Little History of Science when an awkwardly written sentence suggested to me that its intended audience probably skewed much younger than I am. (Page 67: "If you've ever heard the phrase 'rebel without a cause,' then Galileo was a rebel with a cause." Uh, okay.) I looked up the ...

from themulhern

This is for young adults. Not so insightful; middle of the road; a bit of cultural relativism. I listened to it on audio; but I have been told that the illustrations are quite nice, and will check it out in its physical form some day.

from dickmanikowski

Wonderfully crafted brief history of science, from the days when it was considered by Aristotle and his followers to be an aspect of philosophy up to the present. The author is British, and the occasional variant spellings and usages contributed to the charm of the book. Bynum covers an incredibl...

from dickmanikowski

Wonderfully crafted brief history of science, from the days when it was considered by Aristotle and his followers to be an aspect of philosophy up to the present. The author is British, and the occasional variant spellings and usages contributed to the charm of the book. Bynum covers an incredibl...