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  • Published: 31 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241538548
  • Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $42.99

Robert Winston: The Story of Science

How Science and Technology Changed the World



Delve into the stories of history's most influential scientific experiments, inventions and life-changing discoveries that have impacted our understanding and changed the world

Let Professor Robert Winston take you on a scientific journey through human history as you learn the stories behind humanity's great inventions and discover everything that science has given us.

Robert Winston's Science That Changed the World features fascinating facts, innovative inventions, and daring discoveries.
Learn how random accidents have led to some of the greatest findings our world has ever seen, and how anybody who dares to dream can be successful. From the creation of dynamite and the world's first printer, to magical medicine and the discovery of soap; science really is the pioneering study that has the power to change everything!

  • Published: 31 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241538548
  • Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $42.99

About the author

Robert Winston

Lord Robert Winston is one of Britain's best-known scientists. As Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, London, and an active researcher in reproductive physiology, he has made advances in fertility medicine and is a leading voice in the debate on embryo research and genetic engineering. His television series, which include Your Life in Their Hands, Making Babies, The Human Body, Child of Our Time, Human Instinct, The Story of God and A Child Against All Odds, have made him a household name. He became a life peer in 1995, and is the founder of the charity Women for Women.

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