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From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us With the singular intelligence and exuberance that made Woman an international sensation, Natalie Angier takes us on a whirligig tour of the scientific canon. She draws on... read more
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Science journalist Natalie Angier draws on interviews with hundreds of the world's top scientists to offer an entertaining guide to scientific literacy, exploring the fundamental principles of the major scientific disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology, geology and astronomy and their link... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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- Big Bang
- Earth
- Manhattan
- Jupiter
- Berkeley
- New York
- Europe
- Australia
- United States
- Africa
- North America
First Sentence edit
SCOTT STROBEL, A BIOCHEMIST at Yale University, is tall, tidy, and boyishly severe, his complexion a polished apple, his jaw ajut, his hair a sergeant's clipped command.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Natalie Angier (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0618242955
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
ISBN: 978-0618242955
Page Count: 304
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- Dewey: 500
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