The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

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Hardcover
2008
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Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This is a rich and vibrant collection that captures the poetry and excitement of communicating scientific understanding and scientific effort from 1900 to the present day. Professor Dawkins has included writing from a diverse range of scientists, some of whom need no introduction, and some of whose works have become modern classics, while others may be less familiar - but all convey the passion of great scientists writing about their science.

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Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This is a rich and vibrant collection that captures the poetry and excitement of communicating scientific understanding and scientific effort from 1900 to the present day. Professor Dawkins has included writing from a diverse range of scientists, some of whom need no introduction, and some of whose works have become modern classics, while others may be less familiar - but all convey the passion of great scientists writing about their science.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 13 Mar 2008
ISBN 10: 0199216800
ISBN 13: 9780199216802

Media Reviews

A book from which the love of science and the love of language shine. Science An amalgamation of brilliant reads. New Scientist Every school library should own a copy of this book; every person with even a passing interest in science should read it. Jerry A. Coyne, Times Literary Supplement. Beautiful volume...A labour of love. Steven Poole. The Guardian. A glorius celebration of literary scientists. Harry Richie Mail on Sunday A brilliant collection... If you could only ever read one science book, this should probably be it. New Scientist It is a real treasure trove of unexpected pleasures. Sunday Telegraph. Kenan Malik

Author Bio

Richard Dawkins is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, and a Fellow of New College, Oxford. His bestselling books include The God Delusion (2006); The Selfish Gene (1976); The Extended Phenotype (1982); The Blind Watchmaker (1986); Unweaving the Rainbow (1998); and The Ancestor's Tale (2004). Dawkins is a Fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, the 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the 1994 Nakayama Prize, the 1997 International Cosmos Prize for Achievement in Human Science, the Kistler Prize in 2001, and the Shakespeare Prize in 2005.