Who Discovered What When?

Who Discovered What When? is an absorbing and easy-toreadbook about the growth of scientific ideas and knowledgesince 1500. From Galileo, Newton and Darwin to ErnestRutherford, Neils Bohr and Linus Pauling, it presents thescientists who have hypothesised, experimented and revealedthe physical working of our world. It spans disciplines asbroad as astronomy, palaeontology, chemistry, mathematics,geology, physics, biology and medicine.

The book also setsscientific ideas in the context of the world stage at the time,sketching out what was happening in politics, the arts,exploration and technology.

Each chapter covers half a century and include 200–300 wordstories which are arranged chronologically. Each of the 400plus stories are largely self-contained and cross referenceswill guide the reader to earlier or later developments thatcomplete each story.

Reading Who Discovered What When? from cover to cover,science buffs, budding historians and even the most casualfan will find an unfolding multitude of stories of scientificendeavor and discovery.