Pollard Justin: Boffinology
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The history of science is often seen as a story of advancement but nothing could be further from the truth. Science, it is true, has progressed, but rarely in the direction intended and seldom for the reasons given. This has a lot to do with the people responsible. Meet Thales, credited as 'the father of science', whose only real claim to fame is that he often fell into ditches, discover how…