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The Upright Thinkers: The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos / Leonard Mlodinow

by Leonard Mlodinow

A history of human scientific discovery from the invention of the first tools to the development of quantum physics. The text examines how the evolution of reasoning and culture has shaped the fields of biology, chemistry, and physics through the ages.

Accession 9493 ISBN 9780141980997 Publisher Allen Lane
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