Cohen Clive. The Story of Science. A history of science, technology and medicine from 5000 BC to the end of the 20th century

London: Headline Book Publishing, 2016. — 1290 p. — ISBN 9780747273295, 0747273294.The story of science is a fascinating one and, whatever the difficulties it needs to be told. Science and history continue to be evolving human endeavours, constructed and written about in different ways. Concepts that are mainstream in one century have been nonsense in another. ‘Scientific truth’, like most of human activity, depends on what you are talking about and when.The Accumulation of Knowledge in the Ancient World (5000 BCE–500 CE).
A Comparison of World Cultures (500–1350).
The Renaissance and the Birth of Modern Science (1350–1640).
European Enlightenment and the Development of Science (1640–1780).
Mechanization and the Expansion of Applied Science (1780–1860).
A Kaleidoscope of Science and Technology (1860–1900).
The Structure of the Universe: From Fundamental Particles to Galaxies.
Living Things.
20th Century Science and Technology Industries.
The Planet Earth.