We are all familiar with the discoveries that have become significant milestones in man's understanding of the laws of the outside world: from Archimedes' conjecture about the magnitude of the force acting on a body immersed in a liquid to the latest theories of hidden dimensions of space-time. But how were these discoveries made? Why in due time? Why exactly those whom we now consider the discoverers? And what to do for someone who wants not only to understand how everything works around, but also to find out how humanity came to a modern picture of the world? The book you hold in your hands will help you touch the mystery of ingenious insights.