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Covers the key figures and defining moments of scientific thought: Greek philosophers; medieval alchemists; geniuses of the dawn of the modern age such as Galileo, Descartes and Newton; the explosion of knowledge in the 19th century; the ever-accelerating pace of research in the 20th century; and glimpses of revelations yet to come. From the taming of fire to the still unsolved mysteries of fusion, from stone tools to the Hubble Space Telescope, the wonders of science and technology are revealed.