ABSTRACT

Answering questions such as whether the interesting parts of science be conveyed in sermons, poems, pictures and journalism, Knight explores the history of science to show how the successes and failures of our ancestors can help us understand the position science comes to occupy now.

chapter 1|12 pages

Understanding

chapter 2|16 pages

Godā€™s clockworld

chapter 3|15 pages

Holding forth

chapter 4|18 pages

Poetry, metaphor and algebra

chapter 5|14 pages

Picturing science

chapter 6|15 pages

Ballyhoo

chapter 7|15 pages

Display

chapter 8|13 pages

Travel

chapter 9|16 pages

Imagining

chapter 10|18 pages

Science gossip

chapter 11|14 pages

Suspending judgement

chapter 12|15 pages

Classical physics

chapter 13|15 pages

Promoters and popularisers