The Scientists Paperback – Illustrated, 10 August 2004

Quite good & readable; I haven't finished reading it though...., 600+ pages,mind it. Gribbin's a excellent writer. He knows how to keep U hooked to his books.He not only covered the history & the science, the personal & related aspects in each chapter makes the book quite absorbing.Hence 5 star rating.

Amazing book.....must read....! Wonderful....happy for this book...💛🧡💜💙💚

It is a very good book. The author does a very good job of portraying the events in the lives of the scientists. It piques the reader's interest, throughout. No complaints with the contents of the book , hovever, the page quality is poor, so is quality of the cover.

Excellent

Brilliant. A book everyone who wants to know the essence of science should read, especially the younger generation. Loved the book.

if you love science...this is one of those books you should have

Nice

Brilliant book

The product arrived intact and it is a very interesting read!

Simply fantastic. Utterly readable. Buy it.

John Gribbin has written a marvelous book that describes how men and women discovered the mechanics of the world they live in. This is the story of science and scientists, beginning in the Renaissance up to the present day. He tells us about men like Galileo and Newton and Darwin—what drew them to the study of science, how they learned, explored, argued with each other, and built upon each other's discoveries. He covers all the branches of science, including astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology and geology, and how these sciences built upon each other to come to a rounded sense of the physical world and how it works.Just two caveats. Like many scientists, Gribbin can be obsessive about data. He tells us not just the year but the month and day when his subjects were born—as if that made a difference. One wonders: Will he mention the hour of birth too? Then one reads, "Robert Hooke was born on the stroke of noon on 18 July 1635 . . ." Who cares? Obsessions with minutiae such as this can obscure the larger narrative. Second, Gribbin is so invested in empirical science that he regards all that came before as mysticism and superstition. However there are other ways of knowing. Art, poetry, philosophy--and yes, religion--are not false for being non-empirical. They can be legitimate ways of coming to the truth, and valuable correctives in an age when science is king.

This is an easy history raad on the evolution of science and the growth of knowledge out of the Middle Ages. The story telling is light without getting bogged down is sceintific jargon, and gives context to the discoveries of the day. It covers most of the well known scientists as well as quite few that I hadn't heard of (which is a pleasure). A good read all round.

Very good book. Relax reading. Nice overview for anybody interested in science and the persons behind it, known, less known and unknown scientist in the context of their era and living conditions