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Science: A Four Thousand Year History by Patricia Fara
"This one-volume global survey offers general readers an excellent starting point for more targeted reading."(LJ 5/1/09)
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
"In the Romantic era, when scientific advances seemed to augur a wondrous future, Holmes reveals how certain scientists epitomized that idealism." (LJ 5/15/09)
Newton and the Counterfeiter: the unknown detective career of the world's greatest scientist by Thomas Levinson
"As warden of the Royal Mint, Newton applied scientific thinking to catch a master counterfeiter and avert a crisis in British currency." (LJ 5/1/09)

Labels: History of science