Galileo's Commandment: 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing

Edmund Blair Bolles (Editor)

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Publication Date: October 18th, 1999

Publisher:

Holt Paperbacks

ISBN:

9780805073492

Pages:

512

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Description

Bolles has scoured the literature of science to build a treasury that is accessible and riveting, and therefore appealing to readers unfamiliar with science, yet erudite enough for the scientifically initiated to enjoy.

About the Author

Edmund Blair Bolles is a former Peace Corps teacher who grew up in Washington, D.C.; Paris, France; and Toledo, Ohio. His undergraduate degree is from Washington University in St. Louis, and he has a Masters in English from the University of Pennsylvania. Bolles' books include Babel's Dawn: A Natural History of the Origins of Speech and A Second Way of Knowing: The Riddle of Human Perception. He lives in New York City.