Science Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries that Changed the World (DK)
Friday, 27 June 2025

This book looks at the journey of scientific discovery starting in ancient times and traveling through centuries of invention before fast forwarding into the future. From simple machines to modern-day marvels, the book has illustrated timelines that plot the entire history of science and highlight the most momentous discoveries. A collection of more than 1,500 photographs, illustrations, maps, and graphics charts the evolution of science year by year, century by century.

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Author: DK
Publisher: DK
Date: June 2025
Pages: 400
ISBN: 978-0593966747
Print: 0593966740
Kindle: B0DP69L3PW
Audience: General
Level: Introductory
Category: History

The book introduces influential inventors and famous faces from the past, including Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, and Stephen Hawking. It also looks at places of scientific importance, such as prehistoric cave art, Stonehenge, Hiroshima and the first atomic bomb, the Moon landings, and the Higgs Boson particle.

 

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