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The Oxford Book of Modern Science WritingRichard Dawkins
- Publisher: Oxford University Press,USA
- Number Of Pages: 448
- Publication Date: 2008-06-15
- ISBN-10/ ASIN: 0199216800
- ISBN-13 / EAN:9780199216802
- Binding:Hardcover
Product Description: Boasting almost one hundred pieces, The Oxford Book of Modern ScienceWriting is a breathtaking celebration of the finest writing byscientists--the best such collection in print--packed with scintillatingessays on everything from "the discovery of Lucy" to "the terror andvastness of the
universe."
Edited by best-selling author and renowned scientist RichardDawkins, this sterling collection brings together exhilarating pieces bya who's who of scientists and science writers, including StephenPinker, Stephen Jay Gould, Martin Gardner, Albert Einstein, JulianHuxley, and many dozens more.
Readers will find excerpts from bestsellers such as Douglas R.Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach, Francis Crick's Life Itself, LorenEiseley's The Immense Journey, Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea,and Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us. There are classic essays rangingfrom J.B.S. Haldane's
"On Being the Right Size" and Garrett Hardin's "The Tragedy of theCommons" to Alan Turing's "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" andAlbert Einstein's famed New York Times article on "Relativity." Andreaders will also discover lesser-known but engaging pieces such asLewis Thomas's "Seven
Wonders of Science," J. Robert Oppenheimer on "War and Physicists," andFreeman Dyson's memoir of studying under Hans Bethe.
A must-read volume for all science buffs, The Oxford Book of ModernScience Writing is a rich and vibrant anthology that captures thepoetry and excitement of scientific thought and discovery.
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