The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery (2012), edited by Andrew Robinson, is a collection of 43 biographies of a selection of the greatest scientists of all time.[1][2] An updated paperback edition of the book entitled The Scientists: Pioneers of Discovery appeared in 2023.[3]
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| Editor | Andrew Robinson |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English, Czech, Dutch, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese |
| Subject | Scientific biographies |
| Genre | Biography, history of science |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
Publication date | 2012 (hardback) 2023 (paperback) |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0-500-25191-1 (see also paperback ISBN 978-0-500-29706-3) |
| OCLC | 783161000 |
Overview edit
The book's chapters are contributed by various authors[4] and cover the following scientists (some in pairs) in a number of parts:
- Universe
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Johannes Kepler
- Galileo Galilei
- Isaac Newton
- Michael Faraday
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Albert Einstein
- Edwin Powell Hubble
- Earth
- Molecules and matter
- Robert Boyle
- Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
- John Dalton
- Dmitri Mendeleev
- August Kekulé
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
- Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
- Inside the atom
- Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
- Ernest Rutherford
- Niels Bohr
- Linus Carl Pauling
- Enrico Fermi
- Hideki Yukawa
- Life
- Carl Linnaeus
- Jan IngenHousz
- Charles Darwin
- Gregor Mendel
- Jan Purkinje
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal
- Francis Crick and James Watson
- Body and mind
Translations edit
The book has been translated into a number of languages other than English:
- Czech: Vědci,[5] Slovart,[6] 2013.
- Dutch: De Grote Wetenschappers,[7] Fontaine Uitgevers,[8] 2013.
- German: Faszination Forschung,[9] Parthas Verlag,[10] 2013.
- Japanese: 世界の科学者図鑑,[11] Hara Shobo,[12] 2013.
- Korean: The Great Scientists / 위대한 과학자들,[13] Knowledge Gallery, 2012.
- Spanish: Los Grandes Científicos,[14] Lunwerg Editores,[15] 2012.
- Turkish: Bilim Insanlari,[16] Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2013.
- Vietnamese: Những Nhà Khoa Học,[17] Kim Đồng Publishing House, 2017.
Reviews edit
The book has been reviewed in a number of publications and online, including:
References edit
- ^ "The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery". Good Reads. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery". Cashou Picture Research. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "The Scientists – Grand Format". decitre.fr. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Robinson, Andrew. "Contributors to The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery" (PDF). nebula.wsimg.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Vědci" (in Czech). Czech Republic: Slovart. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Slovart". www.slovart.cz (in Czech). Czech Republic. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "De Grote Wetenschappers" (in Dutch). Netherlands: Fontaine Uitgever. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Fontaine Uitgevers". www.fontaineuitgevers.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Faszination Forschung" (in German). Germany: Parthas Verlag. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Parthas Verlag". www.parthasverlag.de (in German). Germany. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ 世界の科学者図鑑 (ヴィジュアル歴史人物シリーズ) (in Japanese). Japan. ASIN 4562048875.
- ^ "Hara Shobo". www.harashobo.co.jp (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "위대한 과학자들". www.kyobobook.co.kr (in Korean). South Korea: Kyobo. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Los grandes científicos". www.boolino.es (in Spanish). Spain: Boolino. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Lunwerg Editores". Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Bilim İnsanları – Bir Keşif Destanı". kitap.ykykultur.com.tr (in Turkish). Turkey: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Những Nhà Khoa Học Tiên Phong – Thiên Anh Hùng Ca Về Các Phát Minh". kimdong.vn (in Vietnamese). Vietnam: Nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng. 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery. 2012. ASIN 0500251916.
- ^ Robinson, Andrew (2012). The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery. ISBN 978-0500251911.
- ^ Leake, Janet (April 2013). "The scientists: an epic of discovery". The Bulletin of The Royal College of Pathologists. Vol. 162. p. 138.
- ^ Timmons, T. (March 2013). "The scientists: an epic of discovery". Choice. Vol. 50. p. 7.
- ^ Battersby, Eileen (22 December 2012). "Top titles from a year of reading". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Weatherall, David J. (12 January 2012). "On the shoulder of giants". The Lancet. 381 (9861): 105–106. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60034-3. S2CID 54302463.
- ^ "Books in brief – The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery". Nature. 489: 205. 13 September 2012. doi:10.1038/489205a.
- ^ Wagner, Gretchen (12 December 2012). "The scientists: an epic of discovery". San Francisco Book Review.
- ^ Science News (12 January 2013). "The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery by Andrew Robinson, ed". Science News. p. 30. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Kerrigan, Michael (27 October 2012). "Book reviews: Inconvenient People | The Silk Road | The Scientists". The Scotsman. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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