Curiosity : how science became interested in everything / Philip Ball
Imprint
London : Bodley Head, 2012
Descript
465 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Old questions -- The academies of secrets -- The theatre of curiosity -- The hunt of pan -- Professors of everything -- More things in heaven and earth -- Cosmic disharmonies -- The first men in the moon -- Nature free and bound -- On the head of a pin -- The light of nature -- Chasing elephants -- Professional virtuosi, or curitosity served cold