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I love this kind of story about the history of science and understanding. Does anyone have pointers to other good ones? Or even better books of them?
by imh 8y ago
I love this kind of story about the history of science and understanding. Does anyone have pointers to other good ones? Or even better books of them?
- lolc 8y agoSure, look for The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown[1]. It's about the same period but in much finer detail, more accurate, and much more entertaining to read. [1] http://tofspot.blogspot.ch/2013/10/the-great-ptolemaic-smackdown-table-of.html http://tofspot.blogspot.ch/2013/10/the-great-ptolemaic-smack...
- dwaltrip 8y agoThe Magic Furnace is a great book about the history of how we came to understand atoms and where they come from. It shows a lot of the missteps and twisty turns along the way. I also love learning about how scientific understanding actually developed over time. It's a messy, fascinating process.