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This book contains 25 classic volumes considered to be the most important in the thousands of years of scientific history.
From Aristotle's "Physics" to Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene," classics that have been pivotal in humanity's rapid growth are introduced in a condensed format of about 7-8 pages per volume.


Science books, which were once considered difficult, have been summarized in an easy and fun way, so you can properly understand the books included in textbooks, required readings from the life science department, and books recommended by Seoul National University in just 10 minutes a day, which can help you manage your grades, write essays, and prepare for entrance exams.
The teachings of the great scientists we encounter in this book will serve as a minimum of general knowledge for the present and future, and will serve as a guide for our lives in the days ahead.

It was around May 1609 that Galileo heard rumors about this curious instrument.
For him, who was known for his outstanding tool-making skills, making a telescope was not a difficult task.
At that time, telescopes that were commercially distributed in places like the Netherlands and France had a magnification of only 3 to 4 times.
However, Galileo's obsession was focused on improving the performance of the telescope several times.
At first he appealed to the powers that be of the telescope's military advantages, and met with some success.
Then, one day in November 1609, he looked up at the moon through a telescope.
《Reports from the Starry World》 is a vivid record of Galileo's observations from this time until the beginning of the following year.
(…) Compared to Galileo’s later masterpieces, The Report of the Other Worlds is written in a very readable narrative style.
This is because this book was not originally intended to be published.
Perhaps that is why, when reading this book, it feels as if Galileo is whispering to us the wonders of the celestial bodies he observed through his telescope.
---From "Galileo Galilei's "Report on the Starry World"

What Faraday took out was, unexpectedly, a single candle.
But as the lecture began, Faraday's hidden intentions were quickly revealed.
Faraday, through his unique and eloquent experiments, explained how many physical and chemical laws governing the universe are connected to a simple candle and how even the most difficult scientific laws are closely related to our daily lives.
The lecture that day remains in history and is still talked about to this day.
---From Michael Faraday's "Science by Candlelight"

Meanwhile, even to the last moment of his life, Wallace did not regret having virtually ceded the initiative in the theory of natural selection to Darwin.
He consistently said that it was an honor to have been able to work with Darwin.
Furthermore, Wallace took the lead in officially disseminating Darwin's theory by publishing a book titled "Darwinism" in May 1889.
The theory of evolution, which Darwin launched, continues to show its influence after being combined with genetics in the 20th century.
Some of the questions Darwin left behind are also being answered from a new genetic perspective.
In that respect, Darwin's "The Origin of Species" is a book that still lives and breathes with us even today, in the 21st century.
---From Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"

The Copernican Revolution is known today as a symbolic event of the scientific revolution.
In a society where Christianity dominated the entire society, it was difficult to imagine that humans chosen by God and the Earth they lived on would be exchanged for the position of the sun.
Because the Earth, which should be at the center of the universe, fell to a similar position to other planets, it was an event that shook the foundations of religion.
That may be why today Copernicus is evaluated as an icon of revolution not only in the history of science but also in the history of civilization.
---From "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" by Nicolaus Copernicus

But this book doesn't just present the success story of science.
Author Watson unflinchingly demonstrates that the discovery of DNA's double helix structure was a complex intertwining of common scientific phenomena: opposition for the sake of opposition, fair competition, and personal ambition.
For example, when Pauling, a strong competitor of Watson and Crick, announced that DNA was a triple helix with a sugar-phosphate backbone in the middle, they were overjoyed because they knew that the structure was something they had already failed to achieve the previous year, and they celebrated Pauling's continued failures. This is a scene that clearly shows the inside of the scientific field.
---From "The Double Helix" by James Watson

No book has had as lasting and powerful an influence on later generations as Pliny's Natural History.
This is because this book contains an overwhelming amount of information about not only Rome at the time, but also the world beyond Rome.
Moreover, the stories of mysterious tribes and animals appearing in this book served as an important source for later writers to use their imagination to create various illustrations.
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Today, the monsters that appear in the "Museum" are still alive with us as characters in movies and online games.
Draco, a large winged serpent in Rob Cohen's fantasy film Dragonheart (1996), and the phoenix in the Harry Potter films are also imaginary animals derived from the book.

---From Pliny the Great's Natural History