Magic universe
Subtitle: the Oxford guide to modern science
By: Nigel Calder.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 756
Subjects: Science; Science -- History -- 20th century; Discoveries in science
Other titles: Oxford guide to modern science
Description: "Magic Universe brings current science to the general reader in an imaginative and wholly original way. It offers an exhilarating tour of the horizons of knowledge, from quarks to linguistics, climate change to cloning, and chaos to superstrings, presented as a set of self-contained stories. The stories are arranged as A-Z entries, but this is not a conventional encyclopedia: each story unfolds in a totally unpredictable way, seamlessly crossing disciplines, and told in engaging, accessible language."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.