Science and Common Sense

xii, 344 pp. Four pages of publisher ads follow text. Explains the methods of science through a historical approach. Re-examines a number of great scientific discoveries and shows what science is by describing how the problems appeared to the people who had to solve them, struggling against their own and others' preconceptions. Discusses how the discoveries of science are related to progress in technology, agriculture, and medicine and considers the impact of science on the main themes of our social and political life.