Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1992
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060167882
ISBN-13
9780060167882
Description
Tracing the history of scientific discovery, a physicist explains why scientific culture has become so inaccessible, beginning with Galileo, who described his theories in mathematical language in order to avoid trouble with the church. 15,000 first printing.
Genres
History