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Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy

AUTHOR: Robert M. Hazen
ISBN: 038526108X
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Hazen and Trefil bring together in one volume nothing less than the most thorough survey ever of the fundamental ideas that constitute our understanding of the universe. In 18 lucid chapters, the authors lay out the simple facts behind seemingly...

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Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy
- Book Review, by Robert M. Hazen

From Publishers Weekly
These 18 lucid essays on chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy and biology help readers comprehend today's science news. "Hazen and Trefil . . . demystify many advanced topics with succinct, if often reductive analogies: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle becomes a car wreck in a dark tunnel, for example," said PW. Illustrated. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"Easily one of the finest available  single-volume introductions to science."--  Kirkus Review

"Comprehensible and  carefully paced."--Booklist

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"Easily one of the finest available  single-volume introductions to science."--  Kirkus Review

"Comprehensible and  carefully paced."--Booklist

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"Easily one of the finest available single-volume introductions to science."-- Kirkus Review "Comprehensible and carefully paced."--Booklist

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"Easily one of the finest available single-volume introductions to science."-- Kirkus Review

"Comprehensible and carefully paced."--Booklist

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Book Review

Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy
- Book Reviews, by Robert M. Hazen

Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy

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Hazen and Trefil bring together in one volume nothing less than the most thorough survey ever of the fundamental ideas that constitute our understanding of the universe. In 18 lucid chapters, the authors lay out the simple facts behind seemingly mystifying scientific concepts--from relativity to quantum physics to ecosystems. 28 linecuts.

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Publishers Weekly

These 18 lucid essays on chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy and biology help readers comprehend today's science news. ``Hazen and Trefil . . . demystify many advanced topics with succinct, if often reductive analogies: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle becomes a car wreck in a dark tunnel, for example,'' said PW. Illustrated. (Jan.)

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