In this book, we follow 2,500 years of scientific discoveries and achievements. Cosmology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, geology: from the earliest discoveries of antiquity to today's modern laboratories, the pages chronicle the evolution of the sciences. Meet the passionate visionaries and daring researchers who expanded the boundaries of human understanding and shaped the modern world, and read unknown facts about the lives of the people who played leading roles in the thrilling journey of discovering the world.