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Re:Ask HN: Any recommendation for a good History of Science ... by WhompingWindows on Sunday February 27, 2022 @12:22PM (#30490386)
Came here to suggest Bill Bryson's Short History of Everything. It covers a lot of less top-of-mind concepts, like he delves into air-balloons, artificial cloud making, moss collections, geological history, botany, and all manner of fields.
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Re:Ask HN: Any recommendation for a good History of Science ... by etrautmann on Sunday February 27, 2022 @12:47PM (#30490614)
I also recommend this - he walks through how we know what we know across many fields of science and it’s highly informative and entertaining throughout
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