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Chapter One: "Oh, interesting. I'd never thought about it that way before. Ha ha, clever." *giggles*

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The more I learn about the history of science, the more I realize why it has such a precar...more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 1 3 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 08 09:24:51 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 17 08:55:42 -0800 2007 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 4 2 false Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 07:25:44 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 09:02:21 -0700 2008 The Canon is exactly what its subtitle says: a tour of the basics of science. Natalie Angier is a science writer; that is, a writer who is a knowledgeable observer of science and who is able to get scientists to explain things in terms the rest of us might understand. Her writing style is very light...more...]]> 2290990 0547053460 9780547053462 32 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2290990.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 4 2 false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 17:30:32 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 05:19:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 3 2 false Fri Jul 13 09:37:55 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:30:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 1 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 06:01:40 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 18:20:39 -0700 2008
But really,...more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 5 1 false Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 11:38:56 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 12:05:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 4 1 false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:44:13 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 19 18:01:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 3 1 false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 29 10:32:13 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:39:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 2 0 false Fri Jul 31 18:37:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 18:58:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 2 0 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 09:46:11 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 04:44:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 4 0 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 06:43:10 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 21:10:26 -0700 2009
She doesn't try to review all the basic tenets of each scientific discipline. But she does get to the root of the science, and in an engaging, enthusiastic fashion. She's interested in ...more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 2 0 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 16:19:17 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 16:34:04 -0700 2009
It pains me so much to write this review, because I loved the beginning of this book so much! The introduction and first five chapters were just lovely. I even chuckled my way through the physics portion, so I had high hopes for the rest of it. Of course, the ch...more...]]> 60884 0618242953 9780618242955 519 202 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170552966m/60884.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60884.The_Canon_A_Whirligig_Tour_of_the_Beautiful_Basics_of_Science 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:44:52 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:44:52 -0800 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier (Woman: An Intimate Geography), a science journalist at the New York Times, was writing an article on whale genetics when her editor suggested that she define the term mammal for her readers and confirm that mammals are animals. That was the last straw for Angier...

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