Nature at a Glance: How science looks at nature and what incredible things it discovers there

“I've never understood natural sciences. I'm too stupid for that.” If you also suffer from this complex promoted by our education system and if you have always wanted to learn more about the world you live in, then pick up this book. It is a book about the nature of nature, i.e., what makes up the world, what is essential and typical of it. It is also a book about a way of exploring the world called natural science. Without formulas, mathematics, or descriptions of boring experiments, you will learn about the key events and methods of early and modern natural science, as well as the people associated with them. It paints a comprehensible picture of our world from a bird's eye view that is at once simple, complex, unexpected, wonderful, and awe-inspiring. Embark on a journey into the big and the small, with stops at the beginning and end of the world. Along the way, you will encounter all the limits that nature has set for us in our exploration. To make your journey more comfortable, switch off your “why” and “what's that good for” reflexes. Nature is not interested in these questions. At the end of your journey, you will be rewarded with a panoramic view of the world as modern natural science has designed it.