The author explores the essence of what it means to be a woman--in body and mind--as she shares her thoughts on everything from organs to orgasm and menopause

Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

Product Description: A playful, passionate, ebullient guide to the science all around us by a Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author. 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...read more

Argues that the students should know about the classic ideas of physics and evolutionary biology as well as the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso. This book is a guide to scientific literacy for anyone who wants to understand the issues of the age - from stem cell research to bird flu and global warming.

Draws 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.

Product Description: From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around usWith the singular intelligence and exuberance that made Woman an international sensation, Natalie Angier takes us on a whirligig tour of the scientific canon...read more

Collects thirty-eight interviews originally published in the weekly Science Times that offer perspectives on some of the more significant individuals and issues affecting science today. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

Describes the search for the genes that control cancer

Portrays discoveries of contemporary biological science in a narrative divided into sections that focus on what scientists know about the living world

Describes the search for the genes that control cancer, explains the difficulties of research in molecular biology, and assesses progress towards a more detailed understanding of cancer

Describes the search for the genes that control cancer, explains the difficulties of research in molecular biology, and assesses progress towards a more detailed understanding of cancer