The history of the flag 1543-2001

Author: John Publication date: 2025 Book classification: History Publisher: 2025 Number of pages: 736 Format: Paperback About the book: In your hands, dear reader, is a complete history of science and scientists, written from the perspective of a person professionally involved in scientific research, as the author describes himself, while being one of the greatest and most famous science writers, in an engaging and simple narrative style. John Gribbin is a best-selling author of scientific books, primarily a physicist, and a British astrophysicist. Through the pages of this encyclopedic work, we gain a full and quick overview of science, which has taken us from understanding that the Earth is not the center of the universe, and that humans are not an exception within the animal kingdom, to the theory of the Big Bang, and then to a complete map of the human genome over just 450 years. A full explanation with illustrations and terminology definitions takes us from the Renaissance era, where darkness was dispelled, to the Faculty of Medicine in Leuven, to the movement of planets, the greatest variable star, then we learn about the early scientists and their inventions, moving on to the founding fathers, their coordinates, and their greatest works. From there, we transition to the Newtonian revolution, discovering that the deepest change during the century following Newton in understanding humans' place in the universe was the increasing awareness of the vastness of space and the grandeur of the past cycle of time. From lectures on comparative anatomy and reflections on extinction, we reach ideas about evolution, leading into the Enlightenment era, a chemical revolution, and then expanding further with the steam engine and the Industrial Revolution. A new era begins with electrical experiments. We reach the midpoint of the journey in the late 18th century, so the second half of the scientific journey begins with the Darwinian revolution and its precursors. Then comes the era of molecules, atoms, and elements, and we learn about thermodynamics. The 20th century takes us to the major leap with Einstein’s theory of relativity, where the constancy of the speed of light forms its foundation. Amazing discoveries accelerate afterward in all branches of science, making the 20th century the century of science par excellence, ending the encyclopedic journey with the conclusion of this century, after knowing all its achievements and scientific discoveries.