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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
May 8, 2007
Pages
293
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780618242955
ISBN-10
0618242953
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$27.00
Other format details
sci/tech
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and author of Woman draws on interviews with hundreds of the world's top scientists to offer an entertaining guide to scientific literacy, exploring the fundamental principles of the major scientific disciplines of physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy and their link to the world around us. 75,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
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from Houghton Mifflin (May 8, 2007)
9780618242955 | details & prices | 293 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $27.00
About: Award-winning science journalist Angier takes us on a 'guided twirligig through the scientific canon.
About: Award-winning science journalist Angier takes us on a 'guided twirligig through the scientific canon.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (April 3, 2008)
9780547053462 | details & prices | 293 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.66 lbs | List price $15.95
Miscellaneous
With Natalie Angier |
from Houghton Mifflin (April 3, 2008); titled "Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science"
9780547348568 | details & prices | List price $15.95
Miscellaneous
With Nike Doukas (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Findaway World Llc (May 1, 2007)
9781598959574 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $39.99
About: A playful, passionate, ebullient guide to the science all around us by a Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author.
About: A playful, passionate, ebullient guide to the science all around us by a Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author.
Prebinding
With Natalie Angier |
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 9, 2009)
9781439559574 | details & prices | 293 pages | List price $24.95
About: A playful, passionate, ebullient guide to the science all around us by a Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author.
About: A playful, passionate, ebullient guide to the science all around us by a Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author.
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