A Scientist in the City
$28.86
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
31 March 1999
Summary
A Scientist In The City is the kind of book that will open our eyes to the man-made world around us, and show us some of the scientific reasons for why we live the way we do.In his previous books, A Scientist AtThe Seashore and Meditations AtSunset, James Trefil used commonplacesettings in the natural world as a point of departurefor probing the mysteries of nature. In AScientist In The City, Trefil takes theopposite tack, looking at the quintessentialman-made environment of the city as a way…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385261098 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385261098 |
| Author: | James Trefil |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 371g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“Clear and coherent…refreshingly clear-eyed and unsentimental.”– Washington Post.
“A highly readable look at cities that casually ranges from mudhuts to glass-and-steel skyscrapers, from the atomic structure of iron to the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago.” – San Francisco Chronicle.
About The Author
James Trefil
James Trefil, the Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University, is the author of more than 40 books and 100 articles in professional journals. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the World Economic Forum. He is the recipient of the Andrew Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics, the Westinghouse and Subaru Awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the 2008 Science Writing Award from the American Physical Society.
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