Scientifica historica

Scientifica: which produces knowledge, in Latin. Historica: which produces a narrative. Formerly reserved for scholars, these stories of knowledge that are scientific writings are now accessible to as many people as possible. The written language was thus the formidable instrument that allowed us to increase and share our understanding of the Universe and of ourselves. Through an exceptional panorama of the works that have shaped our knowledge, this superbly illustrated book traces the history of ideas, beliefs and scientific discoveries, but also of the media that disseminated them. Clay tablets, first printed texts, rolls of papyrus or codices: discover or rediscover the fundamental works that have marked the development of scientific knowledge. From the Hippocratic Corpus to Einstein's Theory of Relativity; from Euclid's Elements to Marie Curie's Treatise on Radioactivity, via Lucretia's De Rerum Natura, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Great Systems of the World, Leonardo da Vinci's Manuscripts, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by 'Isaac Newton, Linné's Systema Naturae, On the Origin of Species by Darwin, but also the major texts of today's scientists such as Oliver Sacks, Stephen Hawking, Carlo Rovelli or Neil deGrasse Tyson... LET YOURSELF TELL THE FABULOUS HISTORY OF SCIENCE!