The canon : the beautiful basics of science / Natalie Angier
- Bib ID:
- 4475010
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Angier, Natalie
- Description:
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- Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2008
- 293 p. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921372452
- Summary:
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With the intelligence and exuberance that made Woman an international sensation, Natalie Angier takes us on a whirligig tour of the scientific canon. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists, and her own Pulitzer Prize-winning reportage for the New York Times, The Canon is a magical guide to scientific literacy that will enrapture, inspire, and enlighten. In a book that is vital reading for anyone who wants to understand the great issues of our time - from stem cells and bird flu to evolution and global warming - Angier leads a joyride through the major scientific disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy. Somewhere between Lewis Carroll and Lewis Thomas, it's one of those rare books that reignites our childhood delight in discovery: we learn what's actually happening when our ice cream melts, what our liver cells do when we eat a caramel, how the horse shows evolution at work, and that we really are all made of stardust. People magazine says, 'Angier has that rare dual talent: a true passion for science combined with a poet's linguistic flair.' Those gifts are on full display in The Canon, an ebullient celebration of science that stands to become a classic." -- BOOK COVER.
- Notes:
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- Included index.
- Previously published: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-279)
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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