The history of science is the history of great minds building upon the ideas of their predecessors. In 1676, Isaac Newton wrote to Robert Hooke, If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. The five-volume On the Shoulders of Giants set chronologically presents those giants and their work. By showing how science evolved from the philosophies of ancient Greece to today's high-tech science, these volumes convey the importance and the excitement of scientific discovery.
- ISBN10 0816037221
- ISBN13 9780816037223
- Publish Date 1 January 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 October 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Facts On File Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Language English