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Eureka! : discovering your inner scientist / Chad Orzel.

Eureka! : discovering your inner scientist / Chad Orzel.
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ISBN 9780465074969 (pbk.)
0465074960 (pbk.)
Name Orzel, Chad author.
Title Eureka! : discovering your inner scientist / Chad Orzel.
Published New York Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
©2014
Description xxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Discovering your inner scientist -- Looking. Collecting the origin of species ; Scientific cuisine reigns supreme ; Needles in haystacks ; Waldo at the Galaxy Zoo -- Thinking. Setting the (periodic) table ; Asking the allowed questions : bridge and scientific thinking ; Dinosaurs and mysteries -- Testing. Quantum crosswords ; Precision baking ; Like chess without the dice : sports and scientific thinking -- Telling. Scientific storytelling ; What's going to work? Teamwork! : science as collaboration ; Talking sports ; Damned lies and statistics -- Science is never over.
Summary Orzel demonstrates the universality of science by pointing to examples of the scientific method at work in everything from baking to fantasy sports. He connects these examples to stories about scientists who have made important findings while asking questions about the weight of the earth, the properties of atoms, or the correct time at sea.
Subjects Science
Discoveries in science
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