The Science Book edited by Peter Tallack, Cassell, £30, ISBN 0304359181
IS science best served by pretty pictures? Because our age is so dominated by
images, perhaps it is better to exploit their power than reject them out of
hand. Academic purists who wince at this notion, will be converted by The
Science Book. It gives the history of science a splendid coffee-table
treatment.
The book records the main achievements that have influenced the path of the
traditional natural sciences and mathematics, as well as the newer sciences of
medicine, psychology, archaeology and geology. The wonderful images played a
significant…
