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# The Scientists

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## Description

A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievements of individual scientists, by the bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger’s CatIn this ambitious new book, John Gribbin tells the stories of the people who have made science, and of the times in which they lived and worked. He begins with Copernicus, during the Renaissance, when science replaced mysticism as a means of explaining the workings of the world, and he continues through the centuries, creating an unbroken genealogy of not only the greatest but also the more obscure names of Western science, a dot-to-dot line linking amateur to genius, and accidental discovery to brilliant deduction.By focusing on the scientists themselves, Gribbin has written an anecdotal narrative enlivened with stories of personal drama, success and failure. A bestselling science writer with an international reputation, Gribbin is among the few authors who could even attempt a work of this magnitude. Praised as “a sequence of witty, information-packed tales” and “a terrific read” by The Times upon its recent British publication, The Scientists breathes new life into such venerable icons as Galileo, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Linus Pauling, as well as lesser lights whose stories have been undeservedly neglected. Filled with pioneers, visionaries, eccentrics and madmen, this is the history of science as it has never been told before.

Review: The smartest amongst us - So good that it can lead to a shift in mindset. You will know the struggles that has lead us to the current knowledge. You'll understand what drives the best scientists - not fame, not money : these only lure the mediocre ones. It's simply, "the pleasure of finding things out".
Review: Scientists - Fantastic ,informative book .

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #207,244 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #341 in History & Surveys #437 in Biology Textbooks #1,830 in Biology Books |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 284 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The smartest amongst us
*by A***R on 18 January 2026*

So good that it can lead to a shift in mindset. You will know the struggles that has lead us to the current knowledge. You'll understand what drives the best scientists - not fame, not money : these only lure the mediocre ones. It's simply, "the pleasure of finding things out".

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scientists
*by A***R on 24 September 2025*

Fantastic ,informative book .

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting
*by N***9 on 16 July 2021*

It is a very good book. The author does a very good job of portraying the events in the lives of the scientists. It piques the reader's interest, throughout. No complaints with the contents of the book , hovever, the page quality is poor, so is quality of the cover.

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