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  The Canon: The Beautiful Basics of Science (Paperback) By (author) Natalie Angier

  

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  Short Description for The CanonUnless we are brilliant at science in our teenage years, many of us put off 'childish things' - science museums, palaeontology - in favour of museums, art galleries and concert halls. The author argues that a cultured person should know about the classic ideas of physics and biology as well as the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso.
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  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Published: 01 January 2009
  • Format: Paperback 304 pages
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  • Categories: Science: General Issues | Popular Science
  • ISBN 13: 9780571239726 ISBN 10: 0571239722
  • Sales rank: 91,435

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• Unless we are brilliant at science in our teenage years, many of us put off 'childish things' - science museums, palaeontology - in favour of museums, art galleries and concert halls. A cultured person, Natalie Angier argues, should know about the classic ideas of physics and biology as well as the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso. Drawing on conversations with many of the world's leading scientists, Angier takes us on a vivid, good-humoured and informative tour of this neglected canon. An entertaining guide to scientific literacy - from stem-cell research to bird flu and global warming - that explains the machinery of this place we call home.