Canon A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science

Name: Canon A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
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ISBN: 9780547053462

ISBN-10: 0547053460

ISBN-13: 9780547053462

Edition: 2007

Authors: Natalie Angier

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With the intelligence and exuberance that rocketed Woman to international acclaim, best-selling science writer Natalie Angier distills the scientific canon to the absolute essentials in a work that is both entertaining and inspiring. Angier interviewed hosts of scientists, posing the simple question "What do you wish everyone knew about science?" The Canon provides their answers, covering the fundamentals of the hard sciences: scientific process, probability, calibration, physics, chemistry, evolutionary biology, cellular and molecular biology, geology, and astronomy. Angier proves a rabble-rousing, wisecracking, deeply committed tour guide to the basic concepts of each discipline,…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Michael Pollan is a contributing writer for "The New York Times Magazine" as well as a contributing editor at "Harper's" magazine. He is the author of two prize-winning books: "Second Nature: A Gardener's Education" and "A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder." Pollan lives in Connecticut with his wife and son.Natale Angier is a Pulitzer Prize winning writer for the New York Times and a frequent contributor to many magazines. Her honors include the Lewis Thomas Award and the AAAS Science Journalism Award. Her books include Natural Obsessions: Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell and The Beauty of the Beastly: New Views on the Nature of Life. She lives… near Washington D.C.



Introduction: Sisyphus Sings with a Ying



Thinking Scientifically: An Out-of-Body Experience



Probabilities: For Whom the Bell Curves



Calibration: Playing with Scales



Physics: And Nothing's Plenty for Me



Chemistry: Fire, Ice, Spies, and Life



Evolutionary Biology: The Theory of Every Body



Molecular Biology: Cells and Whistles



Geology: Imagining World Pieces



Astronomy: Heavenly Creatures


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