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The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science / Natalie Angier.

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Material Type
Book
Author
Angier, Natalie.
Publication Info.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.

Details

Description
293 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-279) and index.
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.
Contents
Introduction : sisyphus sings with a ying -- 1. Thinking scientifically : 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 : imaging world pieces -- 9. Astronomy : heavenly creatures -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject
Science -- Popular works.
ISBN
9780618242955 (Hardcover)
0618242953 (Hardcover)
9780547053462 (pbk.)
0547053460 (pbk.)