“[An] entertaining history . . . for curious teen and adult readers.”—Publishers Weekly
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Publishers Weekly)
“A super-accessible introduction to science.”—Booklist
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Booklist)
“Bynum’s lively narrative…certainly delivers on his opening line: “Science is special.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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Kirkus)
'I wish there had been such a book when I was a child. Bill Bynum's Little History of Science may be short but it tells a grand story: all of science lightly placed in ever-changing historical and philosophical contexts, but presented in a single arc from Empedocles to Tim Berners-Lee, Galen to Thomas Hunt Morgan, alchemy to insulin, the steam engine to the particle accelerator. It is a book I will be recommending for many years to come.'—Christopher Potter, author of You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe
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'Well done Bill Bynum, a master of the scientific ordinance from the Big Bang to the Digital Age.'—David Bellamy
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'Science is not a dry recitation of data; it's thousands of years of questions that people have posed about the universe. In A Little History of Science, William Bynum ably distills this human saga into a delightfully clear tale. It may be little, but it manages to find room for galaxies, computers, chemistry, evolution and much more.'—Carl Zimmer, author of A Planet of Viruses
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"Small, but perfectly formed. In this little history, Bill Bynum has done a splendid job of weaving all the material into a narrative that is easy to understand. You will not find a better summary of the history of science."—Bernard Wood, author of
Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction (Bernard Wood)
“A wonderful book to keep on the shelf and revisit over time.”—PopMatters
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