Science Pathways of Discovery edited by Ivan Amato, Wiley, £20.95/$27.95, ISBN 047105660X
EACH month during 2000, the journal Science published a specially commissioned overview of one scientific discipline. The idea was to produce something as illuminating as the firework displays that marked the new millennium—but longer-lasting.
Sixteen scientists, each with a sparkling reputation in their field, took on the task. England’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees wrote on cosmology, Nobel laureate Eric Kandel on neuroscience—and so on. They aimed to identify the main people and events that have contributed to our knowledge, as well as their subjects’ likely future trajectories.…
