- Bib ID:
- 3992161
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Angier, Natalie
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- Description:
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- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007
- 293 p. ; 24cm.
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- Summary:
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"Natalie Angier takes us on a whirligig tour of the scientific canon. She draws on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists and her own work as a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times to create an entertaining guide to scientific literacy. The Canon 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."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction : Sisyphus sings with a ying
- 1. Thinking sceintifically : an out-of-body experience
- 2. Probabilities : for whom the bell curves
- 3. Calibration : playing with scales
- 4. Physics : and nothing's plenty for me
- 5. Chemistry : fire, ice, spies, and life
- 6. Evolutionary biology : the theory of every body
- 7. Molecular biology : cells and whistles
- 8. Geology : imagining world pieces
- 9. Astronomy : heavenly creatures.
- Introduction
- Thinking scientifically
- Probabilities
- Playing with scales
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Evolutionary biology
- Molecular biology
- Geology
- Astronomy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Science -- Popular works
- Copyright:
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