History of science in famous images: John Barrow

This book tells about images in the history of science. It presents drawings and schemes that played a crucial role in the formation of the scientific picture of the world. Many images presented here are real works of art, because history is hidden behind each illustration. Sometimes this is a story about the author of the image, sometimes about the scientific insight that occurred when looking at the drawing, sometimes about the technique with which this or that image was made. It happened that the usual picture helped to understand the importance of a particular problem, which gave rise to a completely new way of thinking.

Author
Barrow John D.
Editor
Naimark Elena Borisovna, Vasiliev Alexey
Publisher
Eksmo, 2014
Series
Gift publications. Inventions and discoveries