Science Firsts: From the creation of science to the science of creation by Robert Adler, Wiley, £18.50, ISBN 0471401749 Reviewed by Roy Herbert
WE’VE been at a parade like this before, and several times. It’s a collection of short biographies of individuals whose work made possible the sudden leaps forward that seem to occur in scientific progress, and how they did it. Among the ranks are many familiar faces – Bacon, Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, Maxwell, Marconi, Claude Shannon…
Er, who?
That question illustrates one merit of Robert Adler’s book. He has included people who never had that glamorous glow of fame.…
