Science as a chain of overturned certainties
The book presents discoveries chronologically to show each breakthrough displacing an earlier assumption. Progress is depicted as continual revision rather than accumulation of fixed truths.
The Science Book
3 ideas
One page, one pivotal idea
Each entry compresses a major discovery into a single accessible snapshot with image and explanation. The format trades depth for a navigable map of science's turning points.
Discovery as human and contingent
Entries tie ideas to the people and moments that produced them, making science a story of individuals and accidents. Knowledge is framed as hard-won and historically situated.