E=MC2: The Great Ideas that Shaped Our World
Books / Hardcover
Books › Science › Environmental Science
ISBN: 1586636995 / Publisher: Friedman, September 2002
Here’s a friendly, expert guide that will steer you through the maze of modern scientific knowledge, a “factopedia” of world-altering concepts. Simply turn to any of the basic sections—The World Around Us, The Humanity Within Us, and The Mind Within Us—to find full coverage of the key movers and shakers, handily listed in specific subsections by discipline. Each article goes right to the heart of the matter so you can stay scientifically informed.
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E=MC2. A brilliant premise, but you could never understand it till now. Physics, genetics, chemistry, biology, astronomy: science is changing so rapidly, that it's almost impossible for a novice to keep track of the new ideas that are shaping our present...and altering our future. Here's a friendly, expert guide that will steer you through the modern maze of knowledge, a nuts-and-bolts "factopedia" that hones in on the really big concepts that have made an impact on our world. Getting the information you're looking for is simplicity itself: just turn to any one of the basic sections--The World Around Us, The Humanity Within Us, and The Mind Within Us-to find full coverage of all the key movers and shakers, handily listed in specific subsections by their discipline. There's no plunging through a mass of extraneous information; each gets right to the heart of the matter. There's no better way to stay scientifically informed!
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