TY  - BOOK
AU  - Angier,Natalie
TI  - The canon: a whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science 
SN  - 9780618242955
AV  - Q162 .A59 2007
U1  - 500 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin Company
KW  - Science
KW  - Popular works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-279) and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026871.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006026871-d.html
ER  -