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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angier, Natalie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Thinking scientifically
  • Probabilities
  • Calibration
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Molecular biology
  • Geology
  • Astronomy.