"A highly readable history of human ideas, Corben's book traces the development of modern scientific concepts from antiquity to the present. His primary theme is the ultimate triumph of truth over misguided intellectual despotism, both secular and sacred." -Booklist
"For thousands of years, our ancestors pursued the spiritual and intellectual quests of trying to understand the world that surrounds us and the world that lies within . . . We shall trace these . . . ideas through their successes and failures, through brilliant developments obstinately opposed or ignored, the lucky guesses,...