Galileo`s Finger - The Ten Great Ideas of Science

Written in an accessible and enjoyable style, so that even the most complicated ideas can be understood by non-scientists
Illustrated throughout with detailed and explanatory figures, designed and drawn by the author
Wide ranging: covers all of science in a grand sweep
Insightful: Peter Atkins illustrates the power of the scientific method, and shows how simple ideas can have enormous consequences
Galileo`s Finger is quite simply the best introduction to modern scientific concepts that has ever been written. Taking its cue from C.P. Snow`s remark that `not knowing the second law of thermodynamics is like never having read a work by Shakespeare`, by reading this book you will become literate in modern science. The ten great ideas it introduces with brilliant imagery range from natural selection through quantum theory to curved spacetime. Never before have these core ideas of modern civilization been presented in so accessible and engaging a manner. Readership: Everyone interested in knowing more about science; scientists; teachers of science