101 Things You Don't Know about Science and No One Else Does Either by James S Trefil

101 Things You Don't Know about Science and No One Else Does Either by James S Trefil

James Trefil takes the reader on a thrilling tour across the borders of current scientific knowledge-from astronomy to genetics, from information technology to cosmology, the great contested questions that preoccupy researchers today and will become headlines tomorrow. In elegant, witty three-page summations, Dr. Trefil makes sense of science for the rest of us (Washington Post).

James Trefil is the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University. He has made contributions to research in elementary particle physics, fluid mechanics, medical physics (including cancer research), and the earth sciences and has written extensively about science for the general audience. He has recently completed a term as General Councilor of the American Physical Society and was awarded the prestigious Gemant Prize of the American Institute of Physics for his efforts to present science to the general public.

Robert M. Hazen is the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University and Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory. He performs research on materials at high pressure and is studying the hypothesis that life arose in a deep, high-pressure environment. He is the author of more than 230 articles and 16 books on science, history, and music. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he has received numerous awards for his science writing.

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ISBN 13	9780395877401
ISBN 10	0395877407
Title	101 Things You Don't Know about Science and No One Else Does Either
Author	James S Trefil
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	1997-11-14
Number of pages	368
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