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Talking Science

Editorial Reviews
Review
"...a good book for anyone who wants to see how real science is done..." (Focus magazine, No.148, March 2005)

"...As well as being stimulating and awe-inspiring, the transcripts are packed with humour and insight..." (South Coast Magazine, February 2005)

"...this wonderfully accessible book brings to life today's most intriguing scientific discoveries, debates and personalities." (Focus, Number 154, 2005)

"...wonderful resource...in a library with a shelf for scientists as personalities, this volume merits a place." (Journal Of College Science Teaching, June 2006)

Book Description
Adam Hart Davis has interviewed some of the most influential scientists and thinkers of our time. In this fascinating insight into modern science he presents the stories behind the science, the difficulties behind the discoveries and the future of the findings, as explained by the people themselves.

Adam Hart Davis talks with:-
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Bath, UK)

Sir Michael Berry (Bristol, UK)

Colleen Cavanaugh (Harvard, US)

Richard Dawkins (Oxford, UK) .

Loren Graham (MIT, US)

Richard Gregory (Bristol, UK)

Eric Lander (MIT, US)

Lord May of Oxford (UK)

John Maynard Smith (Sussex, UK)

Rosalind Picard (MIT, US)

Peter Raven (St Louis, US)

Sir Martin Rees (Cambridge, UK)

Eugenie Scott (Oakland, US)

Lewis Wolpert (UCL, UK) 

 

Talking Science

Talking Science,Adam Hart-Davis,John Wiley & Sons,0470093021,General,Science,Science (General),Science/Mathematics,Science / General,Science: General Issues

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