100 Science Discoveries

An accessible compendium of the worlds greatest scientists and the stories behind their dramatic breakthroughs From the early Greek mathematicians Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, this collection charts the great breakthroughs in scientific understanding. Each entry describes the story of the research, the significance of the science, and its impact on the scientific world, along with a résumé of each scientists career. From Roger Bacons revolutionary work on optics and Copernicuss heliocentric model of the universe to Feynman diagrams and gravitational waves, this latest book in the award-winning 100 series serves as a short history of world science, illustrated with drawings, diagrams, and photographs.