Wonderful scientific theories

Important scientific discoveries make reality what the science fiction writers have been written more recently. What ideas in science can be considered breakthrough and how did they change our life? This book affects the concepts, principles and laws that have become key for the development of civilization and technology.
The author talks about the large -scale achievements of scientists - starting with the inventions of antiquity (the appearance of paper, alchemical experiments, plant breeding) and ending with modern theories that expand the boundaries of cognition in various fields (the use of stem cells to rejuvenate the body, the search for places suitable. For life, outside the planet Earth, etc)
The publication is addressed to everyone who is interested in popular science literature and wants to get a systematic idea of ​​the main trends in the world of science