The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science /
Award-winning science journalist Angier takes us on a "guided twirligig through the scientific canon." She draws on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists, and her own work as a reporter for the New York Times, to create an entertaining guide to scientific literacy-...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Company,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Publisher description |
| Summary: | Award-winning science journalist Angier takes us on a "guided twirligig through the scientific canon." She draws on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists, and her own work as a reporter for the New York Times, to create an entertaining guide to scientific literacy--a joyride through the major scientific disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy. It's for anyone who wants to understand the great issues of our time--from stem cells and bird flu to evolution and global warming. It's also one of those rare books that reignites our childhood delight in figuring out how things work: we learn what's actually happening when our ice cream melts or our coffee gets cold, 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.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 293 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0618242953 9780618242955 |