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100 1 $aAngier, Natalie,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe canon :$ba whirligig tour of the beautiful basics of science /$cNatalie Angier.
250 $aFirst Mariner Books edition.
264 1 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Company,$c2008.
300 $a293 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
500 $a"A Mariner book."
500 $aBarnard Library copy: Barnard Alum Collection.$5NNC
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : Sisyphus sings with a ying -- Thinking scientifically : an out-of-body experience -- Probabilities : for whom the bell curves -- Calibration : playing with scales -- Physics : and nothing's plenty for me -- Chemistry : fire, ice, spies, and life -- Evolutionary biology : the theory of every body -- Molecular biology : cells and whistles -- Geology : imaging world pieces -- Astronomy : heavenly creatures.
520 $aDraws on interviews with the world's top scientists to offer a guide to scientific literacy, exploring the fundamental principles of the major scientific disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy.
650 0 $aScience$vPopular works.
650 12 $aScience.
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852 00 $bbar$hQ162$i.A59 2008