ThefirsttextbookcoveringthehistoryofsciencefromantiquitythroughtheScientificRevolution.Providingstudentsofallbackgroundswiththetoolstostudysciencelikeahistorian,GalcoverseverythingfromPythagoreanmathematicstoNewton’sPrincipia,introducingthecomplexrelationshipsbetweeninstitutions,beliefsandpolitics.