Thermodynamics Of Pizza - Hardcover

Harold J. Morowitz (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813516358 ISBN 13: 9780813516356

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Why do pizzas stay hot? Why are olives edible? How does ice carry electricity? Why is blood redder in the tropics? How much is a fingertip worth? Why do camps require health forms? What do drooping eyelids, electric eels, and curare have in common? What was the secret of the Sphinx? In fifty-plus essays, Harold J. Morowitz, a distinguished biophysicist with a very active sense of curiosity, muses over these and other questions that arise in the course of his daily life, his scientific research, and his miscellaneous reading. Morowitz's wit, warmth, and ability to make the most surprising connections will delight every reader. Praise for Morowitz's earlier collections of essays: "Morowitz is a pleasing cracker-barrel philosopher of biochemistry and biophysics. . . . [His] scientific musings both illuminate and safeguard what we are accustomed to call the mystery of life. You can't ask for more than that." Anatole Broyard, The New York Times "Morowitz can handle the profoundest bits of information with the lightest and best-humored of touches." Lewis Thomas "Bite-sized essays in the biological sciences . . . a delight to read." Carl Sagan "Morowitz is . . . one of those scientists with a passion for explaining his field to laymen. Happily, he has the wit to elucidate the Big Questions underlying the most trivial-seeming of facts. . . . With admirable brevity (few of his . . . essays are more than four pages), Morowitz ranges wide." Newsweek

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0813516358
• ISBN 13: 9780813516356
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200