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  Title

  The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science

  Author

  Angier, Natalie.  

  Publisher:

  Houghton Mifflin Company,

  Pub date:

  2007.

  Pages:

  293 p. ;

  ISBN:

  0618242953

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    Q162 .A59 2007	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  0618242953

  ISBN:

  9780618242955

  029:

  YDXCP 2488982

  Personal Author:

  Angier, Natalie.

  Title:

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

  Publication info:

  Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.

  Physical description:

  293 p. ; 24 cm.

  Contents:

  Thinking scientifically -- Probabilities -- Calibration -- Physics -- Chemistry -- Evolutionary biology -- Molecular biology -- Geology -- Astronomy.

  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.

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  Subject term:

  Science--Popular works.

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