Science 101
How science became a way of testing the world, from early observers and Greek argument to microscopes, atoms, computers, and the questions we still can't answer.
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Chapters
12 total- 01Chapter One - Before Science Was Science
- 02Chapter Two - The First Observers
- 03Chapter Three - Greek Thinkers, Roman Tinkerers
- 04Chapter Four - The Islamic Golden Age
- 05Chapter Five - Medieval Europe: Knowledge in Chains
- 06Chapter Six - The Scientific Revolution
- 07Chapter Seven - The Method Itself
- 08Chapter Eight - Chemistry and the Invisible World
- 09Chapter Nine - Life Under the Microscope
- 10Chapter Ten - The Explosive Century
- 11Chapter Eleven - Machines That Think
- 12Chapter Twelve - The Future of Figuring Things Out
Edition notes and short pages
Science 101
Science 101
A History of Understanding
by James Johnson
Dedication
To the ones who never stopped asking why.
You didn’t just learn science.
You became it.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THANKS TO EVERY thinker who asked a better question, every experimenter who failed loudly, and every teacher who made us curious instead of obedient.
Also, to everyone who ever said, "That’s not how the world works."
Thanks for the challenge. We checked.
Turns out… you were wrong.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JJ IS THE author of History 101, Math 101, and over 250 other works that fuse clarity, depth, and sharp design to make big ideas readable. His books don’t just explain the world, they show how we figured it out.
When he’s not writing, he’s probably thinking about how writing is the experiment.
(And running the next one.)
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COPYRIGHT
© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
This book is intended for educational and entertainment purposes. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, the author makes no guarantees about completeness or factual precision. It's a history of understanding — and understanding keeps evolving.