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The Art of Science: A Natural History of Ideas

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Pan Macmillan; 25 Oct 2012Description: 512 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780330490764
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509.22
Summary: Science is about discovery, a journey towards knowledge. With authors as diverse as Galileo and Lewis Carroll, the extracts featured in this anthology span centuries and continents; they include startling revelations that changed the way we think and tackle more prosaic questions such as why the sea is salty; they consider the natural beauty of the snowflake and the man-made wonder of the first computer. What links them all is a desire to understand, explain and enrich the world, and the ability to communicate this in original, clear and engaging prose.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Science 509.22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC006363
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Science 509.22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC011118
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Science is about discovery, a journey towards knowledge. With authors as diverse as Galileo and Lewis Carroll, the extracts featured in this anthology span centuries and continents; they include startling revelations that changed the way we think and tackle more prosaic questions such as why the sea is salty; they consider the natural beauty of the snowflake and the man-made wonder of the first computer. What links them all is a desire to understand, explain and enrich the world, and the ability to communicate this in original, clear and engaging prose.

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