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With the intelligence and exuberance that made Woman an international sensation, Natalie Angier takes us on a whirligig tour of the scientific canon. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists, and her own Pulitzer Prize-winning reportage for the New York Times, The Canon is a magical guide to scientific literacy that will enrapture, inspire, and enlighten. n a book that is vital reading for anyone who wants to understand the great issues of our time - from stem cells and bird flu to evolution and global warming - Angier leads a joyride through the major scientific disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy. Somewhere between Lewis Carroll and Lewis Thomas, it is one of those rare books that reignites our childhood delight in discovery: we learn what's actually happening when our ice cream melts, 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.
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- PublisherScribe Publications
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1921372451
- ISBN 13 9781921372452
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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