The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007
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- Title
- The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
- Author
- Angier, Natalie
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0618242953
- ISBN 13
- 9780618242955
- Item weight
- 13 ounces
- Dimensions
- 104x16x148
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and author of Woman 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 to the world around us. 75,000 first printing.
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About the Author
NATALIE ANGIER writes about biology for the New York Times, where she has won a Pulitzer Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science journalism award, and other honors. She is the author of The Beauty of the Beastly, Natural Obsessions, and Woman, named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, People, National Public Radio, Village Voice, and Publishers Weekly, among others.
A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist, Woman is a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Angier lives with her husband and daughter outside of Washington, D.C.
A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist, Woman is a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Angier lives with her husband and daughter outside of Washington, D.C.
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