The Canon

Description

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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Other Editions

• The canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of scienceHoughton Mifflin Company2006-01-01
• The CanonPaperbackMariner Books2008-04-03
• The CanonFaber2007-01-01
• The CanonAudio CDHighbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing2007-05-01
• The CanonHoughton Mifflin2007-05-01
• CanonHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers2008-01-01
• CanonHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers2008-01-01