About this title: THE SINGLE HELIX is a miscellany of a hundred easy pieces about science. It brings to life a vast diversity of subjects, united under the banner of scientific truth - the universal solvent that brings clarity to almost all the mysteries of the world we live in. Scientists are trained to know ever more about even less but here Steve Jones sets out deliberately to explore subjects in which he is emphatically not an expert (although his favourite snail, the single Helix of his title, does poke in a tentacle here and there). His insatiable curiosity and enthusiasm as he sheds light on unexpected ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780349119403ISBN:0349119406
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Abacus Software
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780349119403ISBN:0349119406
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Rubbing and shelf wear. New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 321 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780349119403ISBN:0349119406
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780349119403ISBN:0349119406
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ABACUS
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780349119403ISBN:0349119406
Description: New. Steve Jones' barnstorming survey is science writing at its best, veering nimbly from the chemistry of gold to the failures of funding, the chaos in the heavens to the fight against creationism, the optical illusions of tartan plaid to the mathematics... read more
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