The New York Times book of science : more than 150 years of groundbreaking scientific coverage /
Book of science
edited by David Corcoran ; foreword by Brian Greene.
- New York, NY : Sterling Publishing, [2015]
- xx, 540 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Archaeology : rediscovering civilizations -- Astronomy : of time and the stars -- Biology : the mechanisms of life -- Earth science : plates, poles and oceans -- The environment : challenges to life -- Exploration : new worlds, down here and out there -- Life on Earth : biology, paleontology, zoology -- Mathematics : reality to infinity -- Medicine : outbreaks and breakthroughs -- Neuroscience : secrets of the brain -- On science and scientists : people, process and portrayals -- Physics : understanding the inconceivable -- Technology : invention and revolution.
Collects over 150 years of science articles from the New York Times, including stories on Einstein, the AIDS crisis, and the Curiosity rover.