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A comprehensive yet concise chronicle of scientific inquiries ranges from the early Greeks (c. 600 BC) to the reaction to the 19th-century publication of "The Origin of Species." Maps, charts and diagrams illustrate the development of the idea of a rational and interconnected material world in this fascinating and highly readable history.

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查尔斯·辛格，英国学者，毕业于伦敦大学学院、莫德林学院，主攻动物学和医药学，在科学史领域成果颇丰。