Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery: How Science Has Shaped the World and How the World Has Affected Science from 4,000,000 B.C. to the Prese

by Isaac Asimov

Book Overview

Isaac Asimov's innovative exploration of the relationship between science and society over the past four million years, now completely updated and redesigned with diagrams and illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060156120
• ISBN13: 9780060156121
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 707 Pages
• Weight: 3.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 7.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Indispensible for anyone who cares about science

I got this book many years ago as a gift, and I read it straight through like a novel. If you know a few scientific facts, this book puts everything you know in perspective with other scientific discoveries. Further, it ties science to the technology it produced, which illuminates and clarifies many social phenomena. It is a shame that this book is out of print, because it is sorely needed. Everyone should read it cover to cover, as I did, to provide context to scientific knowledge.

Awesome book!

Really great book if your in to science and history. It gives a short and to the point description of every invention. From the beginning of life on earth (stuff we can't know for sure) and more recent scientifically proven stuff. A must have for any fans of science or anybody that's curious and doesn't have a scientific mind.

The purest of genius -- Issac Asimov

I love all works by Asimov, and meeting him in person one time was a high of a lifetime for me!!This book is one which is informative beyond imagination, powerful towards one's understanding of the world and science at large, and so fun to read.I miss having Asimov among us since his passing, but his genius will live on always, and this book is certainly no exception.

Asimov knew his science

Isaac Asimov was one of the great popularizers for science. This Chronology of the history of science just understates that we lost one of the great writers of any era when he passed away in 1992. This book is great. It outlines all the major and most of the minor scientific discoveries. The scientific advances that worked to give us the current world we live in. With things like nuclear weapons, global warming, etc. It is super important that politicians policy makers understand science. It is sad that most of them don't think they need to know about it.This book helps people to understand the important role that science plays in our world.

The best book of the history of science by Asimov

I was a complete Asimovphile and I had read his books on science(my favorite subject)and science fiction that I could come across. The book Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery is probably the best book of science he's ever written. This book takes the reader on the journey in history from our human ancestors up to modern times. It has all the dates,events,and the people involed in scientific discoveries and technology. Not only does it include abstract discoveries but neat facts such as when the slide rule was invented, how negative numbers where conceived, who invented LSD, and how computers came from bulky to small. To me, Asimov knew every event with the year and the person involved. Aside of what happened in the past,he kept up with the present as well.I like his work since I know that he made complex topics understandable for the general reader. Because of him, I became a genius of science! I read every single book written by him before I started to go into other works by different authors. Aside from that, He updated his work also. To sum it all up, Asimov's Chronology of Science & Discovery is the crowning achievment of science,discovery,history, and the author who can present to the general reader.