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The Art of Science
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Science is about discovery, a journey towards knowledge.
With authors as diverse as Galileo and Lewis Carroll, the extracts featured in this anthology span centuries and continents; they include startling revelations that changed the way we think and tackle more prosaic questions such as why the sea is salty; they consider the natural beauty of the snowflake and the man-made...
Details
400 pages
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘Relaxed, sunny and domesticated . . . the science emerges naturally, and reflectively from our familiar world’ Guardian
‘The Art of Science showcases not only readable translations of key scientific ideas but situates those ideas in their cultural and historical context’ Independent