And to follow-up; several works on the history of science are great and it is great for learning that history is very messy. Also in science things are never as

And to follow-up; several works on the history of science are great and it is great for learning that history is very messy. Also in science things are never as black and white as people several decennia down the line tend to think about how those scientific discoveries went went down. I really liked "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton which I read a couple of months ago. A Guardian review of that work can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/28/invention-of-science-scientific-revolution-david-wootton-review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/28/invention-of-s...