The Wacky History of Science: 2025 Edition

The history of science is crazy. Did you know that a standup comedian pioneered atomic theory 25 centuries ago? Or that a brother-and-sister musical duo were the first people to discover a planet? The Wacky History of Science, 2025 Edition contains the stories of 75 great thinkers who figured out nature, health, and the cosmos. You will learn about the weird, silly history of physics, astronomy, forensics, philosophy, and mathematics. This book explains how they arrived at their most important discoveries. It also tells how they murdered people, stole ideas, and lost drunken sword duels. For example, did you know that one of history’s most famous mathematicians was also a cult leader? Or that one of the most important scientists of the 20th century gave massages to an American president? This book will also give you detailed explanations of the looniest ideas in the history of science and why they seemed to make sense at the time. It also contains ideas for doing your own experiments and a statistical profile of the ultimate scientific thinker with suggestions for how you can become more of an ultimate thinker yourself. Even if you’re an avid student of science, this book will tell you plenty of things you probably didn’t know. The Wacky History of Science, 2025 Edition is an awesome value with 924 pages, 626 original graphics with alt text and accessible colors, and 1,654 clickable references to reputable scholastic sources. View Less