Books in the Sterling Milestones series

This illustrated compendium includes 250 entries on science selected from titles in the `Sterling Milestones' series.

This volume presents 250 milestones in the science of the production, sale and purchase of goods and services.

Exploring 250 milestone discoveries in medicine spanning more than 12,000 years, Pickover brings insight and acumen to the broad spectrum of medical studies.

Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, the author intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project, with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum, the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants.

What could be more fascinating than the workings of the human mind? This survey chronicles the history of psychology through 250 landmark events, theories, publications, experiments and discoveries. Beginning with ancient philosophies of well-being, it touches on such controversial topics as phrenology, sexual taboos, and electroshock therapy.