Entropy and the Magic Flute
Harold Morowitz has long been regarded highly both as an eminent scientist and as an accomplished science writer. The essays in The Wine of Life, his first collection, were hailed by C.P. Snow as some of the wisest, wittiest and best informed that I have read, and Carl Sagan called them a delight to read. In later volumes such as Mayonnaise and the Origin of Life and The Thermodynamics of Pizza, he has established a reputation for a wide-ranging intellect, an ability to see unexpected connections and draw striking parallels, and a talent for communicating scientific ideas with optimism and wit. Kirkus Reviews praised Mayonnaise as wonderfully…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-535966-4
- EAN: 9780195359664
- Produktnummer: 13873016
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 11'451 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 line illus.
Über den Autor
Harold J. Morowitz is Robinson Professor of Biology and Natural Philosophy at George Mason University in Virginia. He writes a regular essay column for Hospital Practice, and has contributed to Psychology Today, Discover, and The New York Times.
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