| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Nike Doukas. |
| Summary |
Buckle up for a joy ride through physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists and her own work as an award-winning science writer, Natalie Angier does the impossible: She makes science fascinating and seriously fun, even for those of us who, in Angier's words, "still can't tell the difference between a proton, a photon, and a moron." Most of the profound questions we will explore in our lives - evolution, global warming, stem cells - have to do with science. So do a lot of everyday things, like our ice cream melting and our coffee getting cold and our vacuum cleaner running (or not). What does our liver do when we eat a caramel? How does the horse demonstrate evolution at work? Are we really made of stardust? (Yes, we are.)In The Canon, Lewis Thomas meets Lewis Carroll in a book destined to become a modern classic - because it quenches our curiosity, sparks our interest in the world around us, reignites our childhood delight in discovering how things work, and instantly makes us smarter. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Science -- Popular works.
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| Added Author |
Doukas, Nike.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781598874969 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1598874969 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11419135 |
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