The upright thinkers : the human journey from living in trees to understanding the cosmos by Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954- author instant download

The upright thinkers : the human journey from living in trees to understanding the cosmos by Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954- author instant download

viii, 340 pages : 21 cm, Presents a history of science, focusing on its influence in the transition from humanity's primitive beginnings up to the modern day, with profiles of famous scientists responsible for some of the world's greatest scientific discoveries. --Publisher's description, \"Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a passionate and inspiring tour through the exciting history of human progress and the key events in the development of science. In the process, he presents a fascinating new look at the unique characteristics of our species and our society that helped propel us from stone tools to written language and through the birth of chemistry, biology, and modern physics to today's technological world. Along the way he explores the cultural conditions that influenced scientific thought through the ages and the colorful personalities of some of the great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers: Galileo, who preferred painting and poetry to medicine and dropped out of university; Isaac Newton, who stuck needlelike bodkins into his eyes to better understand changes in light and color; and Antoine Lavoisier, who drank nothing but milk for two weeks to examine its effects on his body. Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and many lesser-known but equally brilliant minds also populate these pages, each of their stories showing how much of human achievement can be attributed to the stubborn pursuit of simple questions (Why? How?), bravely asked.\"--Publisher's Web site, \"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2015\"--Title page verso, Includes bibliographical references and index, Our drive to know. A starving man's hunger for knowledge ; The human odyssey of discovery -- Curiosity. Lizards don't ask questions ; From handy man to wise man ; What infants ask, but chimps don't -- Culture. Humanity's first church ; Knowledge, ideas, and values go viral ; Human and…