Michael M Dediu

Pythagoras to Fermi Michael M Dediu

Science has an essential role in our civilization, and this book presents a short history of the most important scientists, who significantly contributed to the improvement of life for everybody. Starting with the ancient Pythagoras, and continuing over centuries to the Nobel Prize physicist Enrico Fermi, and others after him, the book brings to life the greatest scientific personalities of the world. There are many well-known names here, from Democritus, Euclid, Archimedes, Diophantus, Algoritmi, Avicenna, da Vinci, Copernicus, Galilei and Kepler to Descartes, Newton, Bernoulli, Franklin, Lavoisier, Gauss, Darwin, Pasteur, Hertz, Millikan, Einstein, Shannon, Watson, and Wiles. I also mentioned a few philanthropists who significantly helped science like Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockefeller and Bezos. Using a chronological order (birthdays or years of service), this book has a variety of relevant information not only about them, but also about numerous other personalities and important events. There are also many attractive and historic photographs (some taken by my wife Sophia), which add another visual dimension. This book is for the general public, and will bring a rainbow of useful information for everybody, anytime. The more you read, the more you'll love it!