The Joy of Science: An Examination of How Scientists Ask and Answer Questions Using the Story of Evolution as a Paradigm
Author R. A. Lockshin. Edition First. Publisher Springer Verlag. Pages 440. Price £54.00. ISBN 9781402060984.
Using evolution as the focus, this book explores how scientists ask questions and what constitutes a robust and valid answer.
Who is it for? Primarily for the non-scientist or those wishing for a refreshing perspective on "science for the non-scientist".
Presentation - It provides lots of analogies, metaphors, facts and stories about science.
Would you recommend it? This is an interesting and lively text on evolution and the history of the Earth.
Postscript:
Michael Bonsall is a Royal Society research fellow and lecturer in mathematical biology (zoology), University of Oxford.
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