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The Faber Book of Science

Paperback • 1996 • English

The Faber Book of Science

By John Carey

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About the book

'The Faber Book of Science' introduces hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos. In his acclaimed anthology, John Carey plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to Chaos Theory. The emphasis is on the scientists themselves and their own accounts of their breakthroughs and achievements. The classic science-writers are included - Darwin, T.H. Huxley and Jean Henri Fabre tracking insects through the Provencal countryside. So too ar...Show more

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ISBN

9780571179015

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

The Faber Book of Science

Format

Paperback

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