(Ebook) The canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science by Angier, Natalie ISBN 9780547053462, 9780547348568, 9780618242955, 9781299881204, 0547053460, 0547348568, 0618242953, 1299881203

(Ebook) The canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science by Angier, Natalie ISBN 9780547053462, 9780547348568, 9780618242955, 9781299881204, 0547053460, 0547348568, 0618242953, 1299881203

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. It's for anyone who wants to understand the great issues of our time--from stem cells and bird flu to evolution and global warming. It's also one of those rare books that reignites our childhood delight in figuring out how things work: we learn what's actually happening when our ice cream melts or our coffee gets cold, what our liver cells do when we eat a caramel, how the horse shows evolution at work, and that we really are all made of stardust.--From publisher description.