Guide to Science. From Egyptian Pyramids to Space Stations

A famous science fiction writer, a scientist of worldwide renown, a great popularizer of science, the author of about 500 popular science, fiction, detective, historical, and humorous publications invites you into the fascinating world of science. His book is a... guide to this world. You will learn how the pendulum was invented and what a chain reaction is, how people studied the laws of nature and fought with viruses. The author will tell you how astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology, oceanography, and other sciences are used to study the universe, star clusters, the solar system, and our planet. The pages of the book unfold the glorious history of scientific thought, revealing the great minds of the past: Copernicus, Newton, Curie, Faraday, Einstein.