Knowledge and Power: Science in World History YA_Gift_Guide In Incident at Vichy

In Incident at Vichy

and the celebrated artists who performed there

Christopher Columbus’s journals

wrecked buildings

or mustering the nerve to ask for a favor

Knowledge and Power: Science in World History YA_Gift_Guide In Incident at VichyKnowledge and Power shows how science has developed in different historical settings by focusing on four episodes in the history of world'science from the Middle Ages to the mid twentieth century. The title of this book comes from a famous saying by the English Renaissance philosopher Francis Bacon: "Knowledge is Power." Through a combination of narrative and primary sources, author William Burns explores the following topics in order to provide