This informative book explores some of the greatest figures and movements in science and technology, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophers, including Pythagoras, Democritus, Aristotle, and Euclid, to name a few. It then goes on to study later scientific figures such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, and Albert Einstein. From there, readers learn about the development of technoscience,...