Ingenious Pursuits Building the Scientific Revolution

"In a series of overlapping essays, Jardine surveys the significant inventions and discoveries that revolutionised perceptions of the universe....Although she has little new to tell scholars, Jardine clearly conveys the nature, importance and sheer excitement of these discoveries with apt illustrations and in lively prose. She readily charts the flops as well as triumphs, and also presents the bizarre and the freakish...that formed part of the process of discovery."Jardine, Lisa is the author of 'Ingenious Pursuits Building the Scientific Revolution', published 2000 under ISBN 9780385720014 and ISBN 0385720017.