The Faber Book of Science
Amazon

The Faber Book of Science

John Carey
4.13
135 ratings 12 reviews
Presents one hundred essays by scientists, writers, and poets which discuss developments in modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to current theories on fractals and chaos theory
Genres: ScienceNonfictionReferenceHistoryBiologyHistory Of ScienceAnthologiesPhysicsChemistry
528 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
57 (42%)
4 star
43 (32%)
3 star
33 (24%)
2 star
0 (0%)
1 star
2 (1%)

Readers also enjoyed

Prophet Song
Prophet Song Paul Lynch
4.04
Beowulf
Beowulf Unknown
3.5
Lessons
Lessons Ian McEwan
3.98
All similar books

Other books by John Carey

Eyewitness to History
Eyewitness to History John Carey
4.06
A Little History of Poetry
A Little History of Poetry John Carey
3.71
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books John Carey
3.97
The Intellectuals and The Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880 - 1939
The Intellectuals and The Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1880 - 1939 John Carey
3.87
All books by this author

Lists with this book

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The God Delusion
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
370 books • 283 voters
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
A Short History of Nearly Everything
God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe
Bibliography for A Short History of Nearly Everything
102 books • 2 voters
All lists with this book