The Canon: The Beautiful Basics of Science - Couverture rigide

Angier, Natalie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0571239714 ISBN 13 : 9780571239719

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2008

Synopsis

Unless we are brilliant at science in our teenage years, many of us put off childish things - science museums, an interest in palaeontology - in favour of art galleries, museums and concert halls. A cultured person, Natalie Angier argues, should know about the classic ideas of physics and evolutionary biology as well as the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world's leading scientists, Angier takes us on a vivid, good-humoured and informative tour of this neglected canon. An entertaining guide to scientific literacy for anyone who wants to understand the great issues of our age - from stem cell research to bird flu and global warming - this is a joyride through the great subjects that explain the machinery of this place we call home.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Natalie Angier writes about biology for the New York Times, for which she has won a Pulitzer Prize and other honours. She is the author of The Beauty of the Beastly, Natural Obsessions and the New York Times bestseller Woman: An Intimate Geography. Angier lives with her family in Washington, D.C.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571239714
• ISBN 13: 9780571239719
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible