![]() ![]() Watson begins his narrative in the 1850s, the decade when, he argues, the convergence of the sciences began. In this groundbreaking book, Peter Watson identifies one extraordinary master narrative, capturing how the sciences are slowly resolving into one overwhelming, interlocking story about the universe. Intimate connections have been discovered between physics and chemistry, psychology and biology, genetics and linguistics. Various scientific disciplines, despite their very different beginnings, have been coming together over the years, converging and coalescing. Peter Watson's bold history of science offers a powerful argument-that the many disparate scientific branches are converging on the same truths.Ĭonvergence is a history of modern science with an original and significant twist. "Those seeking a grand overview of science's greatest hits over the past century will find it here" ( The Washington Post). ![]()
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