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The Science Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)

The Science Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)

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Summary

All the big ideas in science， simply explained

Part of the popular Big Ideas series， The Science Book explores the history of science， how scientists have sought to explain our incredible universe and how amazing scientific discoveries have been made。

Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and inertia， why Copernicus's ideas were contentious and what the discovery of DNA meant。 All the big scientific ideas and discoveries are brought to life with quirky graphics， pithy quotes and step-by-step 'mind maps'， plus every area of science is covered， including astronomy， biology， chemistry， geology， maths and physics。 You'll be brought up-to-date on scientific ideas from black holes to genetic engineering with eye-catching artworks showing how the ideas of key scientists have impacted our understanding of the world。

Whether you are a science student or just have an interest in scientific ideas， The Science Book is a perfect way to explore this fascinating subject。

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Reviews

Audrius Slanina ，

Visai nebloga knyga， ypač jeigu ruošiamasi skaityti konkretesnės tematikos moklso populiarinimo knygą。 Nors ir nėra išsiplečiama skyriuose， kurie mane domina labiau， tačiau viską atperka ne tik pačių žymiausių， bet ir kitų mažiau žinomų， tačiau mokslo istorijai svarbių žmonių paminėjimas。 Tai leidžia pasidomėti pasidomėti šių žmonių darbais。 Tai pat knyga skaitosi nesudėtingai， ypač tinka skaityti turint po 20-30 min。 laisvo laiko per dieną。

Alberto Tebaldi ，

the idea of this book is good but expressing so many scientific discoveries with so little elaboration caused very little to be actually retained by the reader， in my opinion。

Nora ，

This encyclopedia is like a highly enhanced version of high school science classes plus some more theories and explanations that are -personally- new to me。Illustrations are elegant and I loved that subjects followed a historical timeline， for me this always adds order to my view of things。P。S: It is either authors are partial to physics or it might be just me struggling to get my head around it that I imagined it took too much space。

Orlagh Finlay ，

Really good book for learning the history and philosophies behind major ideas and advances， but still good for facts

Oscar Sánchez ，

Un libro muy bonito， lleno de colores， imágenes， citas， cuadros biográficos etc。 Normalmente que el libro sea bonito no tendría nada que ver， pero la verdad es que facilita mucho la comprensión de los temas gracias a dichos elementos。 El papel del que esta hecho dificulta un poco la lectura porque refleja la luz。En cuanto al contenido， es una viaje a través de la historia de la ciencia desde los antiguos griegos y la predicción de eclipses hasta la clonación， aborda temas de física， química， bio Un libro muy bonito， lleno de colores， imágenes， citas， cuadros biográficos etc。 Normalmente que el libro sea bonito no tendría nada que ver， pero la verdad es que facilita mucho la comprensión de los temas gracias a dichos elementos。 El papel del que esta hecho dificulta un poco la lectura porque refleja la luz。En cuanto al contenido， es una viaje a través de la historia de la ciencia desde los antiguos griegos y la predicción de eclipses hasta la clonación， aborda temas de física， química， biología y ciencias de la tierra principalmente， escritos de una manera sencilla y explicando el contexto。 。。。more

Vít Baisa ，

The book was filled with facts。 It took me 2 months to finish the audio book （~15 hours）。 It includes all important stories and figures from physics and chemistry but it ignores all humanities！ There was only a few pages covering mathematics， medicine， biology， computer science etc。 But still very informative。

Felipe ，

Entretenido y de lectura amigable para aficionados y curiosos。 Por medio de un formato de fichas， organizadas de manera cronológica， nos cuenta sobre el desarrollo científico a través de la historia de la humanidad。 Edición de tapa dura， papel couché e ilustraciones a color。 Vale la pena。 Quizás es mucho pedir， pero sería maravilloso si incluyera enlaces web a videos explicativos。

Leila ，

Found this to be very informative AND straight to the point。 The graphics aided in the understanding。 I believe it would work for any high-school student interested in science。 It covers physics， biology and chemistry。

Jordan Salinas ，

3。4

Melih Kaya ，

Güzel bi kitap ama konuların ve konseptlerin üzerinden hızlıca geçtiği için açıklayıcılığından ödün vermiş。 Kitabın adı bence "Bilim。zip" olmalıydı。 Güzel bi kitap ama konuların ve konseptlerin üzerinden hızlıca geçtiği için açıklayıcılığından ödün vermiş。 Kitabın adı bence "Bilim。zip" olmalıydı。 。。。more

Gabriele Della Torre ，

Titolo degno della serie a cui appartiene。

Randell Green ，

The early pages are fascinating and it’s enjoyable to hear how science slowly became accepted。 Towards the end the concepts become deeper and at times hard to follow。 Overall， helpful and I recommend。 🧬🧫🧪

Patricia ，

This is not my favorite of all the Big Ideas books I have read。 I would like to see them do a book just about biology/nature/animals。 This book talks a lot about physics， and I am not a math or science person， so I wasn't that interested in a lot of it。I did learn some stuff though， and that is the main reason I like reading the DK books。 I read it straight through， a few pages a day， but it would also make a good reference book for when you need help finding the answer to science questions。 The This is not my favorite of all the Big Ideas books I have read。 I would like to see them do a book just about biology/nature/animals。 This book talks a lot about physics， and I am not a math or science person， so I wasn't that interested in a lot of it。I did learn some stuff though， and that is the main reason I like reading the DK books。 I read it straight through， a few pages a day， but it would also make a good reference book for when you need help finding the answer to science questions。 There is a directory， glossary， and a handy index。I also like the timeline overviews that all these books have to introduce a new era。 I recommend this and the other Big Ideas books for anyone who wants to learn a good overview of the subject in question。 。。。more

Elizzy ，

Letztens habe ich meine Bücherregale durchgesehen und dabei sechs Bücher wieder entdeckt， die mich eine ganze Zeit lang sehr begeistert haben。 Sie haben mich nicht nur begeistert， sondern auch smarter gemacht。Ich hatte beim Lesen richtige “Aha-Erlebnisse” und möchte nun diese sechs Bücher mit euch teilen。Neugier ist der Beginn allen Lernens。– Boris JägerDer DK Verlag hat eine ganze Reihe unter der Kategorie “Big Ideas” an Büchern rund um das Thema Wissen。 Egal zu welchem Themengebiet， hier finde Letztens habe ich meine Bücherregale durchgesehen und dabei sechs Bücher wieder entdeckt， die mich eine ganze Zeit lang sehr begeistert haben。 Sie haben mich nicht nur begeistert， sondern auch smarter gemacht。Ich hatte beim Lesen richtige “Aha-Erlebnisse” und möchte nun diese sechs Bücher mit euch teilen。Neugier ist der Beginn allen Lernens。– Boris JägerDer DK Verlag hat eine ganze Reihe unter der Kategorie “Big Ideas” an Büchern rund um das Thema Wissen。 Egal zu welchem Themengebiet， hier findet man bestimmt ein Buch， welches den Wissensdurst stillen möchte。Ich habe ja letztes Jahr herausgefunden， dass ich ein sogenannter Scanner-Typ bin und somit mich für sehr vieles interessiere und auch schnell viel neues lernen möchte。 Dafür sind diese Bücher ideal！Die sechs Themengebiete， die mich also aktuell am meisten interessieren sind: Psychologie， Philosophie， Wissenschaft， Astronomie， Geschichte und wie könnte es anders sein; Literatur。Knowledge is the most valuable skill you can sell。– Barack ObamaWissenschaft ist nur etwas für Wenige？ Ganz sicher nicht！ Die menschliche Geschichte ist eine Geschichte des Forschens。 Wir haben schon immer versucht， auf alles eine Antwort zu finden。 „Das Wissenschaftsbuch“ liefert einen ergreifenden Überblick über die Geschichte und die Entwicklung der Naturwissenschaften。Von ihren Anfängen 600 v。 Chr。 über die Erweiterung unseres Horizonts von 1700 bis 1800 bis hin zu vertieften neuen Erkenntnissen der letzten 50 Jahre werden die wichtigsten Theorien der Physik， Chemie， Biologie und Geowissenschaft anschaulich vorgestellt。 Dabei wird auf spannungsreiche Art und Weise auf Experimente und Beobachtungen eingegangen。 Sie führten schließlich zu gewaltigen neuen Erkenntnissen！In diesem innovativen Astronomie-Buch werden astronomische Theorien， die Geschichte der Raumfahrt und über 100 zentrale Ideen der Astronomie galaktisch-gut erklärt。 Schritt-für-Schritt-Diagramme， witzige Illustrationen und tolle Fotografien visualisieren komplexe Sachverhalte anschaulich und verständlich。 Außerdem machen Sie Bekanntschaft mit den berühmtesten Wissenschaftlern des Universums！ Einsteins Relativitätstheorie durchschauen， die Geheimnisse schwarzer Löcher ergründen， den Urknall verstehen und die Biografie von Stephen Hawking kennen lernen: Jeder， der die Wissenschaft hinter Sternen， Planeten oder dem Sonnensystem begreifen will， braucht dieses ausgezeichnete Astronomie-Buch。 Es blickt in den Himmel und lädt dazu ein， den Weltraum genau zu betrachten und gedanklich auf der Milchstraße spazieren zu gehen。Dieses umfassende Nachschlagewerk präsentiert die größten Meisterwerke， Romanhelden und Schriftsteller der Literaturgeschichte – von Fitzgeralds großen Gatsby über Goethes Faust bis zu Shelleys Frankenstein。 Welche Bedeutung hat der weiße Wal in Moby-Dick？ Wie funktioniert die Erzähltechnik des Bewusstseinsstroms？ Und was haben Lolita und Uhrwerk Orange gemeinsam？ Begeben Sie sich mit diesem Buch auf eine faszinierende Entdeckungstour durch über 100 Bücher aus aller Welt， die das literarische Leben nachhaltig geprägt haben。 Beeindruckende Abbildungen， inspirierende Autoren-Zitate und detaillierte Handlungszusammenfassungen machen Literatur greifbar。 Interessante Kurzbiografien der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller und Schriftstellerinnen sowie anschauliche Erklärungen der gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe helfen außerdem dabei， die Bedeutung einzelner Literaturstücke zu vertiefen。Warum hat die Demokratie ihren Ursprung im alten Griechenland？ Wie eroberten die Spanier Süd- und Mittelamerika？ Was brachte die Berliner Mauer zu Fall？ In diesem Buch finden Sie die Antworten auf diese und viele weitere spannende Fragen der Weltgeschichte。 Erwecken Sie die bedeutendsten historischen Augenblicke zum Leben und entdecken Sie die Faszination Geschichte hautnah！Ob die Ermordung Julius Cäsars， Luthers Thesen von 1517 oder die Erfindung des Internets – auf diesen Seiten finden Sie die wichtigsten geschichtlichen Fakten versammelt auf den Punkt gebracht und ansprechend visualisiert durch zahlreiche Fotos， Diagramme und Piktogramme。 Hier werden keinen trockenen Daten oder Jahreszahlen aufgezählt， sondern Sie erfahren auch die Hintergründe und treibenden Ideen hinter einzelnen prägenden Ereignissen der Vergangenheit。 Was ist Gerechtigkeit？ Wie wissen wir， was wir wissen？ Was macht ein sinnvolles Leben aus？ Mit Fragen wie diesen haben sich viele Philosophen auseinandergesetzt und Ideen formuliert， die unsere Welt beeinflusst und verändert haben。 Das Philosophie-Buch führt durch über 2000 Jahre philosophisches Denken und erklärt über 100 große Ideen berühmter Denker – von Platon über Heidegger bis Derrida。 Chronologisch geordnete Portraits liefern Informationen zum Leben der einzelnen Philosophen und ihren Hauptwerken。 Außerdem wird jede Kernthese durch übersichtliche Querverweise in einen historischen Zusammenhang gestellt。 So werden beispielsweise ihre Vordenker und Schüler ersichtlich。 Bekannte und unbekannte Zitate wie “Der Zweck rechtfertigt die Mittel” oder “Die Welt war nicht immer da” kombiniert mit einer unkonventionellen Gestaltung der Seiten machen Lust auf ein oft als abstrakt und komplex eingeschätztes Thema。Was macht unsere Persönlichkeit aus， wie treffen wir Entscheidungen und wie prägt unsere Kindheit unser Verhalten？ Mit diesen Fragestellungen beschäftigt sich dieses Psychologie-Buch: Über 100 wichtige psychologische Theorien und Konzepte werden hier anschaulich， innovativ und verständlich mit Illustrationen， Diagrammen und Fotografien erklärt sowie die Biografien bedeutsamer Psychologen in Porträts vorgestellt。 Die “Big Ideas” Reihe ist sehr übersichtlich aufgebaut。 Man findet gleich zu Beginn ein Inhaltsverzeichnis und kann sich so auch nur mit dem Thema beschäftigen， dass einen gerade brennend interessiert。Die Infos werden meiner Meinung nach klar und strukturiert vermittelt und man lernt auf jeder Seite viel Neues dazu。 Ich hätte mir ja solche Bücher zu meiner Schulzeit gewünscht。Welche Themengebiete interessieren euch besonders？ Und bildet ihr euch darin selbst fort？Für mich persönlich ist dies sehr wichtig， denn nur weil man die Schule oder das Studium beendet hat， heisst das nicht， dass man nicht weiter Dinge lernen kann。 Alles was man mehr weiss oder vertieft， wird einen auf irgendeine Weise bestimmt weiter bringen。RAN AN DIE BÜCHER， 。。。more

Jim ，

Great variety of short text and diagrams of basic chemistry， physics， biology， and geology and the men and women who uncovered it through observation and experimentation。 The last thirty years kind of lost me （quarks and Gaia and black holes and string theory）， but I loved the rest。 Suitable for a smart and curious 12 year old （or 59 year old）， I would think。

Studvet ，

Wonderful for the type of book and the complexity of the ideas。 As simply explained as can be for such a book as many of the physics theories were way off the comfort scale。 Fascinating。

Daphi Ginzburg ，

Don't go into it expecting simple explanations of scientific phenomena， because you're going to be disappointed。 Look at it as a history book of scientific discoveries。 Shot explanations of what preceded that discovery and how it can to be。 Don't go into it expecting simple explanations of scientific phenomena， because you're going to be disappointed。 Look at it as a history book of scientific discoveries。 Shot explanations of what preceded that discovery and how it can to be。 。。。more

Bogdan Corduneanu ，

Brilliant。 Must reread and go to other sources to fully understand most concepts。

Ella ，

A much-needed introductory read on the developmental history of science。 Level of engagement ebbs and flows， depending on the subject matter。 Overall， a very handy book if a systematic comb-through of science is desired。 It can get really dry at places if you are not a hardcore fan of subjects like particle physics or hybridisation of molecule orbitals， in which case will power may benefit。

Akash Das ，

Very informative and full of science。 Everyone from teen should read it。

Joanne ，

Really good and comprehensive but for some topics I was less familiar with I had to google/watch some videos to fully understand the concepts。 I'm not sure who it's written for （adults or kids） but I know as a child I would have been a bit lost with some of the writing。 Occasionally it needlessly used big words or long sentences， and more diagrams would have made some concepts easier to understand。 Really good and comprehensive but for some topics I was less familiar with I had to google/watch some videos to fully understand the concepts。 I'm not sure who it's written for （adults or kids） but I know as a child I would have been a bit lost with some of the writing。 Occasionally it needlessly used big words or long sentences， and more diagrams would have made some concepts easier to understand。 。。。more

George Nageh ，

" I seem to have been only like a little boy playing on the seashore， and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble 。 。 Whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me。 " Sir Isaac Newton " I seem to have been only like a little boy playing on the seashore， and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble 。 。 Whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me。 " Sir Isaac Newton 。。。more

Dasuni Saparamadu ，

I could feel the weight of my brain as I finish this great book

Özgür Baltat ，

Tüm bilim tarihini Thales’ten Hawking’e anlatan ansiklopedik bir kitap。 Her bilim insanının yaptıkları iki veya dört sayfada özetlenmiş。 Özellikle kullandıkları basitleştirilmiş mantıksal açıklamalar， şekiller， resimler sayesinde bilimin tüm yolculuğunu， anlaşılması kolay ve çok keyifli bir dille anlatıyor。

Augusto Bernardi ，

This book is definitely not structure well for audiobook version。 It was a little bit of a mission getting through this book in that particular format because this book is more of the type of book like the bible or Quran that can be opened at any page to learn about a new scientist。 Learning about a scientist really briefly one after another can get tiring really fast。 The biggest plus after reading this book is that I have a MUCH better understanding who were the major and important scientist o This book is definitely not structure well for audiobook version。 It was a little bit of a mission getting through this book in that particular format because this book is more of the type of book like the bible or Quran that can be opened at any page to learn about a new scientist。 Learning about a scientist really briefly one after another can get tiring really fast。 The biggest plus after reading this book is that I have a MUCH better understanding who were the major and important scientist of history。 Not so much their concepts and theories or work themselves because that could get rushed because of the sheer amount of scientist crammed in one book， but I did get a fair idea who they were。 I would recommend the paperback version of this book but definitely not the audio。Some memorable scientist that I got from this book were:Archimedes a Greek mathematician that brought to the table modern calculus and concepts of infinitesimals to prove a range of geometric theorems。 Also an accurate approximation of pi。Zhang heng astronomer （eclipses and light） 74 CE-Ibn Al haytham was a scientist of the golden Islamic age， a thousand years ago mainly known for his contributions in optics。-Copernicus really early scientist known for the sun being the centre of the universe。-Johannes Kepler- widely regarded for discovering the elliptical orbit of planets-Galileo widely regarded as the father of modern science through observation。 By far most week known for heliocentrism。-Christiaan Huygens， one of the most important scientists of the 1600s who is the father of mathematical physics， discovery of Titan and Saturn's rings and also the development of the telescope and invention of the pendulum clock。-Anthonie van leeuwenhoek is the father of microbiology-Issac Newton， arguably one of the most important figures in science in general， physician and mathematician known for gravity or classical mechanics-Carl Linnaeus botanist known for classifying animal groups-Jacob Black known for latent and specific heat and discovery of carbon dioxide-Henry Cavendish known for his shyness anddiscovery of hydrogen and Earth's density-William Hershel（astronomer well known for space exploration， discovering Uranus， infrared radiation and where to look for Neptune）-Alexandro Volta， different materials have different conduction of electricity。 Drastically advancing the field of technology。 -Mary Anning was the woman who-Leon Foucault French scientist discovered that light travels in waves。 He also measured the speed of light but more known for the Foucault pendulum proving the rotation of the earth。 -Leo Baekeland is a Belgian born American chemist known for the creator of plastic。 -Charles Darwin of course well known for coming up with the theory of natural selection。-Robert Fitzroy， sailor known for inventing the weather forecast that committed suicide。- Dmitri mendeleev， the Russian chemist forming the periodic table。 - Wilhelm Rontgen， German physicist that discovered X rays。 - Marie Curie， novel prize winner for chemistry and physics who was a pioneer in radioactivity。- James clerk Maxwell Scottish mathematician for formulating the theory of electromagnetic radiation。 Considered to be the second great unification in physics after Newton's theories。 Ernest Rutherford，a Kiwi physicist and the father of nuclear physics。 Discovery of the Alpha and beta radioactivity and discovery of atomic nucleus。-Albert Einstein， arguably the greatest scientist ever， developing the theory of relativity。 One of two or of modern physics。 Werner Heisenberg， German physicist and pioneer for Quantum mechanics。 Edwin Hubble， famous astronomer that played a major role in extragalactic astronomy。 Fritz zwicky for discovering the disproportionate amount of dark matter in the expanding universe and naming the explosion of large stars as supernovae。 Alan Turing a mathematician creating algorithms and machines that could do so which eventually become a computer。J。 Robert Oppenheimer the man who lead the Manhattan project， one of the biggest science projects ever and the construction of the atomic bomb。James Watson and Francis Crick two Nobel prize winning molecular biologists that proposed the double helix structure of the DNA moleculeDonald Michie，a British researcher in artificial intelligenceJohn Craig Venter an American biologist known for his work in synthetic life and putting together the human genome Stephen Hawking the British theoretical physicist know for his work in gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation， often called Hawking radiation。Michio kaku theoretical physicist and co founder of the string theory。Tim Burners Lee a british computer scientist known for creating the world wide web， one of the createst inventions of the 20th century。 Philio Farnsworth an inventor known for being a television pioneer。Jonas Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed the world’s first successful polio vaccine。 。。。more

Vaishnav ，

Shows the development and key ideas behind every major discovery until late 2000s。 A must read for anyone wanting to find out what they like about science， or anyone who wants to know a little bit about the history and ideas of our study of nature

Clint Carlson ，

I started this before COVID19 was in the global news and finished it as the US is about to be clobbered。 A great timeline of how science has changed our culture when we've needed it most。 I started this before COVID19 was in the global news and finished it as the US is about to be clobbered。 A great timeline of how science has changed our culture when we've needed it most。 。。。more

Esam Mohamd ，

Very good

Mick Wolbers ，

Leuk als encyclopedie maar niet als leesboek。 Daarom 3 sterren。

Anders Brabaek ，

This book more like a science history （though without the philosophy of science）， and less about the actual ideas。 You will learn about who came up with an idea， and how this idea is connected to other ideas or concepts， and not so much about the actual idea。

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