The oxford book of modern science writing - Richard Dawkins

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• Boasting almost one hundred articles and book excerpts, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a breathtaking celebration of the finest writing by scientists--the best such collection in print--packed with scintillating essays on everything from The Discovery of Lucy to The Terror and Vastness of the Universe.
• Edited by best-selling author and renowned scientist Richard Dawkins, this sterling collection brings together exhilarating pieces by a who's who of scientists and science writers, including Stephen Pinker, Stephen Jay Gould, Martin Gardner, Albert Einstein, Julian Huxley, and many dozens more.
• Readers will find excerpts from bestsellers such as Douglas R.
• Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach , Francis Crick's Life Itself , Loren Eiseley's The Immense Journey , Daniel Dennett's Darwin's Dangerous Idea , and Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us . There are classic essays ranging from J.B.S.
• Haldane's On Being the Right Size and Garrett Hardin's The Tragedy of the Commons to Alan Turing's Computing Machinery and Intelligence and Albert Einstein's famed New York Times article on Relativity.
• And readers will also discover lesser-known but engaging pieces such as Lewis Thomas's Seven Wonders of Science, J.
• Robert Oppenheimer on War and Physicists, and Freeman Dyson's memoir of studying under Hans Bethe.
• A must-read volume for all science buffs, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a rich and vibrant anthology that captures the poetry and excitement of scientific thought and discovery.