The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution

"Captures the excitement of the scientific revolution and makes a point of celebrating the advances it ushered in." —Financial Times

A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin’s Ghosts—a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world.

We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today, science and its practitioners have...