Kim jest Stephen Hawking? Tak postawione pytanie to właściwie pytanie retoryczne, bowiem nawet największy laik wie, że to ów znany naukowiec unieruchomiony na wózku inwalidzkim. W dużej mierze dzięki temu, że Hawking jest nie tylko wybitnym astrofizykiem, ale i ikoną popkultury. Kitty Ferguson to z ...
Tycho and Kepler is a detailed biography of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler, covering both their personal lives and their scientific careers. It’s arranged in chronological order, smoothly transitioning between the two scientists. I liked this format a lot because it made it so easy to see how the...
Ferguson charts the history of measuring stuff in the sky from the ancients to the end of the 20th century. The viewpoint is always from the viewer of the time, making the interesting perspective of what was not known when the discoveries are made. The historical chapters concerning Ptolemy, Coperni...
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