The Big Idea: How the Greatest Breakthroughs of All Time are Shaping Our Future

The Big Idea: How the Greatest Breakthroughs of All Time are Shaping Our Future

by NationalGeographic (Author)

Synopsis

From the Pythagorean theorem to DNA's double helix, from the discovery of microscopic life-forms to the theory of relativity-the big ideas of science and technology shape an era's worldview.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 13 Oct 2011

ISBN 10: 1426208103
ISBN 13: 9781426208102

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A fun read for anyone interested in how ideas connect together over time. --whatever.scalzi.com

A big, pretty, information-dense book [to get] geeked out about. -Whatever.scalzi.com

Author Bio
Timothy Ferris is the author of a dozen books, among them Seeing in the Dark, The Whole Shebang, and Coming of Age in the Milky Way, which was translated into 15 languages and named by The New York Times as among the leading books published in the twentieth century. Called the best popular science writer in the English language by The Christian Science Monitor and the best science writer of his generation by The Washington Post, Ferris has received the American Institute of Physics prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his works have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.