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The Story of Science
by Joy Hakim
In this multi-book series, master storyteller, Joy Hakim, narrates the evolution
of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively,
character-driven narrative (as in her
History of US series),
Hakim highlights the curiosity of the world's greatest scientists and encourages
a similar spirit of inquiry in readers.
"The Story of Science attempts to present the ideas of the physical
sciences in a narrative combining stories with concepts. The books are
beautifully designed and illustrated. They start with Thales, way back in
ancient Greece, sojourn with Galileo, Kepler and Newton, take on Maxwell and the
electromagnetic revolution, then Einstein, Bohr, Feynman and the moderns,
finally looking at today's theories of the cosmos. These books are written for
young readers of all ages–readers who want to think and learn, which includes
everyone I know."
 Aristotle Leads the Way (The Story of Science) by
Joy Hakim - In
the first book of her three part series, Hakim invites readers of all ages to
meet the forebears of modern science and share in their exciting discoveries in
astronomy, math, and physics.
In this book she covers the science of ancient civilizations including the
Sumerians, Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ancient Romans, Ancient Greece,
Ancient Chinese, and others.
Hardcover, 296 pages. Ages 12+.
#1600 $24.95 $19.99
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 Newton at the Center
(The Story of
Science) by Joy Hakim -
Newton is the focal point of Book Two of Hakim's The Story of Science
series, with his monumental discoveries about gravity, motion, and light marking
the true beginning of science as it is known today.
Scientists such as Galileo and Copernicus boldly challenged knowledge from the
ancient world, transforming science into a dynamic field of systematic
investigation and wonderful new discoveries. In Newton at the Center, the
author reveals and explains the central breakthroughs of four hundred years of
math and science, including Newton's insights into gravity, motion, and light,
Dalton's into gases, Volta's and Maxwell's into electricity, and Becquerel's
into radioactivity.
Hardcover, 479 pages. Ages 12+.
#1617 $24.95 $19.99
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 Einstein Adds a New Dimension
(The Story of
Science) by Joy Hakim -
Beginning with a journey through space and Albert Einstein riding on a light
beam, Hakim takes a lively and accessible look at the theory of relativity,
chaos theory, and string theory, showing throughout how the greatest scientific
discoveries often begin with the simplest questions about our world - and who we
really are.
Sometimes it can seem like science just comes fully formed - a textbook can tell
us the Milky Way is a galaxy, the Sun is 93 million miles away, or gravity bends
light. But such a book often leaves out some of the most interesting stuff about
that hard-won knowledge: how anyone ever figured it out, and even why anyone was
wondering about it to begin with.
It turns out those stories - the stories of the how and the why - are some of
the most interesting in all of history. These stories are full of adventure and
bravery, boldness and luck, and the discoverers are often those willing to stand
up and call false what everyone else believes to be true. Einstein Adds a New
Dimension culminates with their discoveries: the quantum world, the theory
of relativity, and nuclear physics.
Hardcover,480 pages.
#1624 $27.95 $21.99
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