Transient and strange : notes on the science of life / Nell Greenfieldboyce.

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life. In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle coll...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenfieldboyce, Nell (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Greenfieldboyce, Nell.
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Science > Social aspects.
Sciences > Aspect moral.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Essays.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:x, 214 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. The symbol of a tornado
  • What else is there?
  • A very charming young black hole
  • Part II. Pum pum pum
  • Spider at the window
  • A life so precarious as a flea's
  • Everybody does it!
  • Automatic beyond belief
  • A moment of silence
  • Part III. My eugenics project.