The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (Hardcover)

from JanetinLondon

I got this book from the library, thinking it would be a series of essays on different aspects of science. However, it turned out to be a completely different sort of book - short extracts from books and articles by scientists themselves, more often about their lives or thoughts than about the ac...

from jerhogan

Gives a good introduction to science and scientists. Interesting and fascinating. Rigorous and invigorating.

from stretch

How do you pick the best science writing of the twentieth century? Really it all comes down to a matter of opinion, which almost always results in the complaint and special pleading for authors and works left on the cutting room floor (I mean no geology! Come on can't we get just a little respect...

from stretch

How do you pick the best science writing of the twentieth century? Really it all comes down to a matter of opinion, which almost always results in the complaint and special pleading for authors and works left on the cutting room floor (I mean no geology! Come on can't we get just a little respect...