Chasing Science: Exploring Natural Science and All Things Mechanical

Pohl, Frederick

ISBN 10: 0312867115 / ISBN 13: 9780312867119

Published by Tom Doherty Associates, New York, 2000

About this Item

"In this entertaining and engaging memoir, Pohl merges science primer with travel guide to share his lifelong love affair with observing firsthand the process of scientific discovery.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chasing Science: Exploring Natural Science and All Things Mechanical
• Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312867115
• ISBN 13: 9780312867119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

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Synopsis

Join science fiction master Frederik Pohl as he takes readers on a wonder-filled non-fictional journey from the ends of the earth to the edges of the universe. Part memoir, part travel guide, and part science primer, Chasing Science is Pohl's way of sharing the thrills and excitement of his life-long love affair with science. With the skill and storytelling zest that has made his award-winning science fiction popular the world over, Pohl brings to readers of Chasing Science all the excitement and fun that he's had throughout his life, as he has observed first-hand the process of scientific discovery. From tours of museums and national laboratories to a journey into the heart of a volcano, Pohl shows readers of all ages how and where they can experience the thrill of seeing various kinds of science, up close and personal.

This book is a perfect item for visitors to any of the several hundred hands-on science museums--like The Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Field Museum in Chicago, and others--across the country, a complete list of which appears as an appendix.

About the Author

Frederik Pohl has won all the major awards in the field of science fiction, including three Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, both for Best Novel; the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, also for Best Novel; he was accorded the accolade of Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He's also won three Hugo awards as editor of the best magazine. He edited the groundbreaking Star Science Fiction series of original-story anthologies. He and his wife, educator and political activist Elizabeth Anne Hull, live in Palatine, Illinois.