The Scientists (book)

The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery (2012), edited by Andrew Robinson, is a collection of 43 biographies of a selection of the greatest scientists of all time.[1][2]

For other uses, see Scientist (disambiguation).
The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery
1921 photograph of Marie Curie,
used for the book cover
EditorAndrew Robinson
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish, Czech, Dutch, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese
SubjectScientific biographies
GenreBiography, history of science
PublisherThames & Hudson
Publication date
2012
Media typePrint
Pages304
ISBN978-0-500-25191-1
OCLC783161000

Overview

The book's chapters are contributed by various authors[3] and cover the following scientists (some in pairs) in a number of parts:

Universe
Earth
Molecules and matter
Inside the atom
Life
Body and mind

Translations

The book has been translated into a number of languages other than English:

Reviews

The book has been reviewed in a number of publications and online, including:

References
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  3. Robinson, Andrew. "Contributors to The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery" (PDF). nebula.wsimg.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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  13. "Los grandes científicos". www.boolino.es (in Spanish). Spain: Boolino. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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  19. Leake, Janet (April 2013). "The scientists: an epic of discovery". The Bulletin of The Royal College of Pathologists. Vol. 162. p. 138.
  20. Timmons, T. (March 2013). "The scientists: an epic of discovery". Choice. Vol. 50. p. 7.
  21. Battersby, Eileen (22 December 2012). "Top titles from a year of reading". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  22. Weatherall, David J. (12 January 2012). "On the shoulder of giants". The Lancet. 381: 105–106. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60034-3.
  23. "Books in brief – The Scientists: An Epic of Discovery". Nature. 489: 205. 13 September 2012. doi:10.1038/489205a.
  24. Wagner, Gretchen (12 December 2012). "The scientists: an epic of discovery". San Francisco Book Review.
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