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A review by sara_m_martins
Scientifica Historica: How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge by Brian Clegg
5.0
This book was excellent!
The writing was exquisite, and allows readers of all backgrounds to understand and to be continuously engaged, while still providing tons of information!
The book is divided in 5 temporal sections, where Clegg takes us into the history of science, not discounting one topic or the other, with complex explanations that make it clear and interesting for people with an history background, a science background (like me!) or some other background all together. It gives us an historical perspective of the society (making references to sexism and racism) and the science of the time, showing us how and why science knowledge builds and crumbles away.
All of this is shown to us through the central premise of this book: the importance of science communication, and how to do it well - the exact thing this book was amazing at!!! One of my favourite books of 2019 for sure!
Another very positive point is the amazing, interesting illustrations of this book, which makes it super visually appealing, adding some texture to the "story".
As said by Brian Clegg: "The best science books continue to [recruit new scientists and spread understanding of why an area deserves funding], but are now able to give us a deeper, more realistic understanding of science. And surely that is a good thing."
Thank you to NetGalley, Ivy Press and Brian Clegg for providing me this book for an honest review.
The writing was exquisite, and allows readers of all backgrounds to understand and to be continuously engaged, while still providing tons of information!
The book is divided in 5 temporal sections, where Clegg takes us into the history of science, not discounting one topic or the other, with complex explanations that make it clear and interesting for people with an history background, a science background (like me!) or some other background all together. It gives us an historical perspective of the society (making references to sexism and racism) and the science of the time, showing us how and why science knowledge builds and crumbles away.
All of this is shown to us through the central premise of this book: the importance of science communication, and how to do it well - the exact thing this book was amazing at!!! One of my favourite books of 2019 for sure!
Another very positive point is the amazing, interesting illustrations of this book, which makes it super visually appealing, adding some texture to the "story".
As said by Brian Clegg: "The best science books continue to [recruit new scientists and spread understanding of why an area deserves funding], but are now able to give us a deeper, more realistic understanding of science. And surely that is a good thing."
Thank you to NetGalley, Ivy Press and Brian Clegg for providing me this book for an honest review.