"As fresh and invigorating a work in the field of science biography as was its hero in his day." — Science"A clear exposition of his discoveries, methods, and experiments…Recommended." — Library JournalAn absorbing account of the origins of modern science as well as a biography of the revolutionary thinker, this inspiring book was co-written by a former director of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics and a historian of science (who was also the wife of...