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Science matters : achieving scientific literacy / Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil.
LIBRA - Special Q162 .H36 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hazen, Robert M., 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Popular works.
- Science.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xix pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 294 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1992.
- Summary:
- Hazen and Trefil bring together in one volume nothing less than the most thorough survey ever of the fundamental ideas that constitute our understanding of the universe. In 18 lucid chapters, the authors lay out the simple facts behind seemingly mystifying scientific concepts--from relativity to quantum physics to ecosystems. 28 linecuts.
- Notes:
- "'Science Matters' was originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1991."
- "First Anchor Books Edition: January 1992."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 038526108X
- 9780385261081
- OCLC:
- 25127197
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