TY - BOOK
T1 - Thinking about almost everything: new ideas to light up minds
A2 - Amin, Ash
A2 - O'Neill, Michael
A2 - Brown, Donna Marie
A2 - Daya, Shari
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Thinking About Almost Everything brings together original thinking on a staggering range of topics across the sciences, arts and humanities, grouped into nine imaginative and sometimes startling thematic categories. Entries on terror, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and climate change are juxtaposed in the'(Un)settlement'section, while'Presences'brings together plant genetics, race, humans and animals, music theology, and the Willmore Conjecture.The short (often just one-page) essays are written in a lively and accessible style, and the book is illustrated with original and challenging images.Thinking About Almost Everything shows how even the most intricate and complex knowledge can enliven public curiosity and spark new thinking on issues either known or yet to be discovered.
AB - Thinking About Almost Everything brings together original thinking on a staggering range of topics across the sciences, arts and humanities, grouped into nine imaginative and sometimes startling thematic categories. Entries on terror, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and climate change are juxtaposed in the'(Un)settlement'section, while'Presences'brings together plant genetics, race, humans and animals, music theology, and the Willmore Conjecture.The short (often just one-page) essays are written in a lively and accessible style, and the book is illustrated with original and challenging images.Thinking About Almost Everything shows how even the most intricate and complex knowledge can enliven public curiosity and spark new thinking on issues either known or yet to be discovered.
M3 - Book
SN - 9781846681882
BT - Thinking about almost everything: new ideas to light up minds
PB - Profile Books
ER -