Name: Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy
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Author: Robert M. Hazen

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Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert M. Hazen

James Trefil

Publisher

Anchor Books

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

360

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4x13.3x1.9 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN

0307454584

ISBN13

9780307454584

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy "

A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. "Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious--good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did."--The New York Times Book Review Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the general reader much good. Science Matters is a rare exception--a science book that is informative enough for introductory courses in high school and college, and yet lucid enough for readers uncomfortable with scientific jargon and complicated mathematics. And now, revised and expanded, it is up-to-date, so that readers can enjoy Hazen and Trefil's refreshingly accessible explanations of the most recent developments in science, from particle physics to biotechnology.

Robert M. Hazen

(Author)

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Autor de más de 350 artículos y 20 libros sobre ciencias de la tierra, ciencia de los materiales, orígenes de la vida, historia y música. Miembro de la Asociación Americana para el Avance de la Ciencia, recibió el Premio de la Sociedad Mineralógica de América, el Premio Ipatief, el Premio Deems Taylor de la ASCAP y otros galardones por su investigación y escritura. Hazen es investigador en la Institución Carnegie para la Ciencia y profesor Robinson de Ciencias de la Tierra en la Universidad George Mason. Entre sus libros más recientes se incluyen Génesis: La Búsqueda Científica de los Orígenes de la Vida y Las Ciencias: Un Enfoque Integrado (con James Trefil).

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