The 5000-page Encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering 2070 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors,who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This five-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy, plus useful tables, figures and photos, and 20 ‘Science Progress Reports’ detailing scientific setbacks. Interspersed throughout are quotations, gathered from the wit and wisdom of sages, savants and scholars throughout the ages from antiquity to modern times. The Encyclopedia represents 20 years’ work by the sole author, Ari Ben-Menahem, of Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science. First comprehensive encyclopedia of Science which blends essential historical data togetherwith science proper Spanning about 100 generations of great thinkers from Thals to Feynman Includes 2070 biographies of famous thinkers and scientists
- ISBN: 978-3-540-68831-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 5000
- Fecha Publicación: 12/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 6
- Idioma: Inglés