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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.Beginning with the early Greek philosophers, this volume covers the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the scientific revolution.Spangenburg, Ray is the author of 'History of Science from the Ancient Greeks to the Scientific Revolution' with ISBN 9780816027392 and ISBN 0816027390.
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