Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
17.05.2026
Verlag
Independently PublishedSeitenzahl
224
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/1,2 cm
Gewicht
304 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798197273345
"Every symbol you write and every law you trust began as a single bold question in someone's mind."
What if the story of humanity could be told through three simple threads: a scratch on a bone, the invention of nothing, and the fall of an apple?
In The Great Tapestry of Discovery, Roy Shiba weaves a sweeping chronicle of human ingenuity-from the first tally marks carved 40,000 years ago to the quantum equations that power your smartphone today. This is not a dry textbook. It is a thrilling detective story spanning four millennia, revealing the accidental genius, bitter rivalries, and breathtaking courage behind the tools we take for granted.
Thread One: The Written Word
Travel from the clay tablets of Mesopotamia to the turquoise mines of Sinai, where anonymous Canaanite workers invented the alphabet. Witness the Greek revolution that added vowels, the Roman conquest of the Latin script, and the digital miracle of Unicode that lets an emoji travel from Tokyo to Moscow without crashing.
Thread Two: The Language of Numbers
Meet the Indian mathematician Brahmagupta, who turned "nothing" into the number zero, and the Italian duellists who fought cubic equations to the death. Discover why imaginary numbers (once called "mental torture") are the secret language of electrical engineering, and how a Scottish surveyor gave us the geometry that bends spacetime.
Thread Three: The Science of Everything
Stand beside Galileo as he faces the Inquisition, Newton as he cracks the cosmic code, and Einstein as he steals time from the universe. Explore the bizarre world of quantum mechanics, where cats are both alive and dead, and follow the search for dark matter-the invisible scaffolding of the cosmos.
Bonus: Seven Further Unfoldings
Delve deeper into the stories behind the science: the tragic teenage genius who invented Braille, the rival mathematicians who died in duels, the thermodynamics of why time only moves forward, and the quarks hiding inside protons.
Why you need this book:
- Complete narrative: Covers 5,000+ years of history in one volume.
- Human-centric: Focuses on the flawed, brilliant people behind the discoveries.
- Accessible: No PhD required-just curiosity.
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