Worlds Unfolding: Science on the Page - Couverture souple

Watts, Jennifer A.; Lewis, Daniel; Klein, Joel A.; Lawler, Natalie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691288372 ISBN 13 : 9780691288376

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2026

Synopsis

A breathtaking visual history of humanity’s quest for knowledge, from the dawn of print to the Space Age

Humans are seekers, forever striving to make sense of the multiple worlds in which they live: the skies above, the depths below, earthbound environments, and the body itself. Worlds Unfolding explores this insatiable drive through The Huntington Library’s extraordinary collections in science, medicine, and technology, which span from the tenth century to today. The book, a five-volume slipcase set with a booklet that includes an introduction by Bill Nye, provokes questions fundamental to this pursuit of knowledge. Through suggestive texts and more than 625 illustrations, Worlds Unfolding presents stories featuring the unexpected twists, turns, and conceptual leaps of science.

Each volume in the boxed set focuses on a specific realm of human curiosity―Above (astronomy, aviation, aerospace); Below (geology, mining, oceanography); Within (anatomy, medicine, electricity); Beyond (exploration, science fiction); and Alive (natural history, ecosystems). This dynamic, multidisciplinary approach addresses the ongoing, imperfect evolution of human inquiry. Across centuries of trial and error, illusion and triumph, the history of science is a continuously unfolding quest.

The e-book of this edition includes all five volumes and the booklet.

Published in association with The Huntington

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jennifer A. Watts is senior curator for library special projects at The Huntington. Her many books include Nineteen Nineteen and A Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the American Civil War. Daniel Lewis is the Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science and Technology at The Huntington. He is the author of Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future and Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai‘i. Joel A. Klein is the Molina Curator for the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences at The Huntington. Natalie Lawler is assistant curator for library special projects at The Huntington. Bill Nye is an engineer, educator, and author, best known as the host of the Emmy Award–winning PBS show Bill Nye the Science Guy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691288372
• ISBN 13: 9780691288376
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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