num_pages: 183
description: The author offers a collection of essays that addresses questions ranging from why scientists do their most original work in their youth, and how progress has handicapped society to the physiology of a smile to the mysteries of the night sky
language: English
title: A Modern-Day Yankee in a Connecticut Court and other essays on science
titlecomplete: A Modern-Day Yankee in a Connecticut Court and other essays on science
genres: Essays
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Penguin Books