Great scientists : private letters from the greatest minds in science
2024
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A collection of fascinating letters written throughout the ages by the world's greatest scientists, including Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Stephen Hawking and Alan Turing. Scientists are not often remembered for their character, but rather for the enduring impact of their ideas, inventions, and discoveries. 'Great Scientists' delves beyond the known historical facts and narratives to uncover the personal writings of some of history's greatest thinkers and innovators, drawing together over 100 private and intimate letters from across almost 500 years of scientific history. This collection illuminates the individuals behind humanity's greatest ideas and inventions - from the vaccine to the telephone, the engine to the X-ray - and those responsible for broadening our understanding of our world and the universe beyond. Each letter provides us with an opportunity for exploration and empathy - each a new chance to understand the desires to create, discover and improve held at the core of our humanity.
Main title:
Great scientists : private letters from the greatest minds in science / introduction by Martin Rees ; edited by James Drake, Hugh Aldersey-Williams.
Author:
Drake, James, editorAldersey-Williams, Hugh, editor
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2024.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781399416092 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2889845