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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.
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- Author
- Natalie Angier
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 299
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571239719
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