The Oxford Illustrated Companion to the Bible
From the biographies on Galileo and Dorothy Hodgkin to the discussions chronicling the change of science from simply a tool of learning to a major force in society, The Oxford Illustrated Companion to the History of Modern Science is a comprehensive one volume overview of the field of science from 1550 to the present. Along with chemistry, physics, and biology, the major scientific disciplines are represented in this alphabetically arranged work including astrology, ethnology, and zoology, among many others. Biographies of notable scientists, including Linus Pauling, Margaret Mead, Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, and Edwin Hubble, bring these fields to life with the stories behind the great achievements.