John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. These ‘pillars of science’ also defy common sense. For example, solid things are mostly empty space, so how do they hold together? There appears to be no special ‘life for...(展开全部)

John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. These ‘pillars of science’ also defy common sense. For example, solid things are mostly empty space, so how do they hold together? There appears to be no special ‘life for...(展开全部)

John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. These ‘pillars of science’ also defy common sense. For example, solid things are mostly empty space, so how do they hold together? There appears to be no special ‘life for...(展开全部)

John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very existence. These ‘pillars of science’ also defy common sense. For example, solid things are mostly empty space, so how do they hold together? There appears to be no special ‘life for...(展开全部)

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约翰·亨利（John Henry），英国爱丁堡大学科学史荣休教授，主要研究文艺复兴时期至19世纪的科学史。著有《科学革命与现代科学的起源》《科学思想简史》等书。 杨俊杰，中国人民大学文学院文学博士，现任北京师范大学文学院比较文学与世界文学研究所副教授。主要研究兴趣是古希腊和德国的文学与思想。著有《艺术的危机与神话：谢林艺术哲学探微》（2011）等，译有[德]维尔纳·叔斯勒《蒂利希：生命的诠释者》（2011）等。

约翰·亨利（John Henry），英国爱丁堡大学科学史荣休教授，主要研究文艺复兴时期至19世纪的科学史。著有《科学革命与现代科学的起源》《科学思想简史》等书。 杨俊杰，中国人民大学文学院文学博士，现任北京师范大学文学院比较文学与世界文学研究所副教授。主要研究兴趣是古希腊和德国的文学与思想。著有《艺术的危机与神话：谢林艺术哲学探微》（2011）等，译有[德]维尔纳·叔斯勒《蒂利希：生命的诠释者》（2011）等。

约翰·亨利（John Henry），英国爱丁堡大学科学史荣休教授，主要研究文艺复兴时期至19世纪的科学史。著有《科学革命与现代科学的起源》《科学思想简史》等书。 杨俊杰，中国人民大学文学院文学博士，现任北京师范大学文学院比较文学与世界文学研究所副教授。主要研究兴趣是古希腊和德国的文学与思想。著有《艺术的危机与神话：谢林艺术哲学探微》（2011）等，译有[德]维尔纳·叔斯勒《蒂利希：生命的诠释者》（2011）等。

This is a new edition of one of the most successful and established textbooks in the field. It is revised, updated and extended to take into account the latest scholarship and research, and new developments in historiography. It features an extensive annotated bibliography to aid study.This is a concise but wide-ranging account of all aspects of the Scientific Revolution from a...(展开全部)