{"product_id":"the-oxford-illustrated-history-of-science-9780199663279","title":"The Oxford Illustrated History of Science","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Illustrated History of Science\u003c\/em\u003e is the first-ever fully illustrated global history of science, from Aristotle to the atom bomb - and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first part of the book tells the story of science in both the East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of gunpowder, paper, and the printing press; from the Scientific Revolution of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe to the intellectual ferment of the eighteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe chapters that follow focus on the increasingly specialized story of science since the end of the eighteenth century, covering experimental science in the laboratory from Michael Faraday to CERN; the exploration of nature from intrepid Victorian explorers to twentieth century primatologists; the mapping of the universe from the discovery of Uranus to the Big Bang Theory; the impact of evolutionary ideas from Lamarck, Darwin, and Wallace to DNA; and the story of theoretical physics from James Clark Maxwell to Quantum Theory and beyond. A concluding chapter reflects on how scientists have communicated their work to a wider public, from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Internet in the early twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIwan Rhys Morus \u003c\/strong\u003efirst developed his interest in the history of science while studying natural sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is currently a Professor of History at Aberystwyth University and is the author of a number of books in the history of science, including \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein's Children\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eWhen Physics Became King\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), and \u003cem\u003eShocking Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). He is married with two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513955356946,"sku":"9780199663279","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3a87e75-d5ed-40d0-93e9-748560a38c40.jpg?v=1730969198","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-oxford-illustrated-history-of-science-9780199663279","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}