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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
Natalie Angier
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Paperback, 304 pages; 2008 (2007)
$15.95
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Unless you're a scientist, you don't need to know about science. You also don't need to go to museums or listen to Bach or read a single slyly honied Shakespeare sonnet. You don't need to visit a foreign country or hike a desert canyon or go out on a cloudless, moonless night and get drunk on star champagne. How many friends do you need?
Basic scientific literacy not only enhances our understanding of weighty issues of our time (stem cell research, global warming, etc.), it's also, simply, a joy to possess! In The Canon, New York Times science writer Natalie Angier exuberantly traipses through the basics of probability, physics, chemistry, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, geology, and astronomy. Drawing on interviews conducted with hundreds of preeminent scientists, Angier presents a clear, intelligent, passionate, witty, and lyrical guide to the way the world works. For the curious adult non-scientist, this book is an education, an inspiration, and a rollicking good time!
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