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The Science Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

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The Science Book

By: DK
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
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Exploring more than 80 of the world's most scientific theories and big ideas across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, and math, this audiobook offers a fascinating look at the history of science.

Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia, why Isaac Newton gets the credit for them, and what the discovery of DNA meant. All the big scientific ideas are brought to life with pithy quotes and step-by-step "mind maps" - from evolution and continental drift to black holes and genetic engineering, showing how the ideas of famous scientists have affected our understanding of the world. Whether you are a science student, a historian, or just have an interest in scientific ideas, The Science Book, narrated by Leughton Pugh, is a perfect way to explore this fascinating subject.

©2014 Dorling Kindersley Ltd (P)2019 DK Audio Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Biological Sciences Earth Sciences Geology History History & Philosophy Physics Science Mathematics Black Hole Geology Earth Science

Critic reviews

"[T]he standout feature of this book is its ability to take complex topics and make them easy to understand via readable essays and an appealing format." (Booklist)

"This book will appeal to and be an effective resource for those with a scientific bent who enjoy examining the big picture, especially high school or undergraduate students." (Library Journal)

"This book offers brief explanations of scientific theories, focusing on their history, progression and the people involved. The short summaries of complex thoughts have led to many an "Aha!" moment(s)." (Yakima Herald)

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a good book to brush up on basic science in a format that is easy to follow and understand.

Science, explained simply!

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Great depth, lucid explanations well thought out topics. Overall a great historical book about science.

Great explanations about the history of science.

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beginner rating. historical timeline of scientific breakthroughs. serves its purpose. gets you to think.

inspirational

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a history book of science is pretty much what this book is about. it tells you philosophers and scientists and how they came up with different things over the years including in ancient times and then it gives you a background story on some of the people. it doesn't dive real deep until a lot of stuff but some stuff it does dip a little bit into.

a history book of science

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This is a short recap of every scientific event in history. There lots of repetition and no depth. I only listened for 3/4 of the book. Many better books.

The title is misleading.

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The book doesn’t get better. I repeat this book doesn’t get better. Ok.. this book doesn’t get any better. Is that 15 words.?

This book is very misleading .

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