Publishing and the advancement of science : from selfish Genes to Galileo's finger / Michael Rodgers ; with a foreword Richard Dawkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodgers, Michael, author.

Dawkins, Richard, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--History.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Imperial College Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Popular science books, selling in their thousands - even millions - help us appreciate breakthroughs in understanding the natural world, while highlighting the cultural importance of scientific knowledge. Textbooks bring these same advances to students; the scientists of tomorrow. But how do these books come about? And why are some of them so spectacularly successful?. This is the first ever insider's account of science publishing, written by an editor intimately involved in the publication of some of the most famous bestsellers in the field. Michael Rodgers reveals the stories behind these ex

Contents:

Foreword by Richard Dawkins; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Hawking, Einstein, and popular science; 2. Discovering the world of science and scientists; 3. Falling under the spell of the selfish gene; 4. The origins and evolution of the college science textbook, and the birth of a superstar; 5. A companion to the mind, and science in the vegetable garden; 6. r- and K-selection, and the extended phenotype; 7. The blind watchmaker, and the universe in twenty objects; 8. Bill Hamilton and John Maynard Smith: working with two giants of evolutionary biology

9. 'The best textbook of organic chemistry I ever hold in my hands'10. Scientific anecdotes, the ten great ideas of science, 'science writing at its best'; Epilogue; Notes and references; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9781783263721

1783263725

OCLC:

876512455