Hakim Joy. The Story of Science, Book 2: Newton at the Center

Smithsonian Books, 2005. — 480 p. — ISBN 9781588345288, 1588345289.In the three-book The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim spotlights the achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists and encourages a similiar spirit of inquiry in readers. The books include hundreds of color photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams; informative sidebars; suggestions for further reading; and excerpts from the writings of great scientist.
In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe—to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements and frustrations of Galileo, Kepler, and Descartes, they will appreciate the amazing Isaac Newton, whose discoveries about gravity, motion, colors, calculus, and Earth's place in the universe set the stage for modern physics, astronomy, mathematics, and chemistry.In the three-book The Story of Science series, master storyteller Joy Hakim narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, Hakim spotlights the achievements of some of the world's greatest scientists and encourages a similiar spirit of inquiry in readers. The books include hundreds of color photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams; informative sidebars; suggestions for further reading; and excerpts from the writings of great scientists.The Scientific Quest…and This Book.
Off-Center? It Can’t Be!
A New Age: Bringing New Ways of Seeing.
What’s to Be Made of Leonardo?
On Revolutions and Fools.
Tycho Brahe: Taking Heaven’s Measure.
Holding a Ruler to the Sky.
Renaissance Men.
Gazing at a Star Named Galileo.
Moving Relatively or Relatively Moving?
Are Novas Really «New» Stars? As to Supernovas—Wow!
About Suns and Stuff (Galileo Didn’t Know Any of This).
Moving the Sun and the Earth.
Who Did Invent the Telescope?
Do You Think You Have Troubles?
Getting Along by Staying Apart: Religion and Science.
Poor Kepler.
Those Eccentric Ellipses.
Descartes and His Coordinates.
At Last, Proof of the Last.
What’s the Big Attraction?
Gravity—How Absurd!
Calculus? Who Done It?
Newton Sees the Light.
Newton Moves.
Fame Finds Newton.
Edmond Halley, Mr. Comet.
A Dane Lights the Way.
Clocking Time (and Speed) with Io: Here’s the Math.
What’s the Matter? (About Elements and Alchemy).
An Elemental Tale.
Robert Boyle, Skeptic—or Airhead?
Is Air Something—or Nothing?
Daniel and the Old Lion Hunter.
Brains and Beauty Squared.
It’s a Gas! Take Its Temperature!
Turning on the Heat.
Weighing the World.
The Right Man for the Job.
A Man with a Powerful Head.
France Sings a Metric Tune.
Dalton Takes Us Back to Greece—and Atoms.
A Molecule-and-Number Man.
Chemical Bondage.
Putting Things in Order.
The Periodic Table: A Chemical Family Tree.
The Heated Story of an American Spy.
A Shocking Science.
A Pendulum’s Proof.
Michael Faraday Has a Field Day.
Turning on the Light.
Maxwell’s Charges.
Again and Again and Again—That’s Frequency.
Bulldog Boltzmann.
How Fast Is a Gas?
Inside the Atom.
Wake Up! This Is About Work, Which Takes Energy.
Information-Age Thinking in the Industrial Era.
A Number-One Law, Thermodynamically Speaking.
Obeying the (Second) Law.
Tying Down a Demon.
Nothing to Do?
Wrapping Up and Getting Ready.
Suggested Reading.
NSTA Recommends.
Picture Credits.
Permissions.
Scientific Abbreviations.
Index.