The Art of Science

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 wonder of the first computer. What links them all is a desire to understand, explain and enrich the world, and the ability to communicate this in original, clear and engaging prose. '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

ISBN 0330490761   DEWEY edition DC23 ISBN13 9780330490764 (What's this?)   Pages 240 Publisher Pan Macmillan   Published in London Imprint Picador   Height (mm) 197 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 130 Publication date 25 Oct 2012   Academic level General DEWEY 509.22   Reading age 16

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