Bücher, die die Welt veränderten

150 books in one book! Natural science as a reading pleasure: These works changed our view of the world. A bibliophile journey through time from the ancient Greeks to the 21st century. Brian Clegg makes even complex subjects easy to understand. Renowned British nonfiction author Brian Clegg takes us on a bibliophilic journey through time. His richly illustrated survey of the most influential books in the natural sciences takes us from the ancient Greeks and Islamic scholars, through medieval European natural philosophers, to the 21st century. In the process, he charts not only the evolution of scientific concepts, but also that of language and the book itself. From carvings and scrolls to bound books in their present form, the author illustrates the evolution of scientific communication. This book shows how the written word has expanded our knowledge of the universe and of ourselves.