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| The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing | 
 enlarge | Creator: Richard Dawkins
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 2191
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0199216800
Dewey Decimal Number: 500
EAN: 9780199216802
ASIN: 0199216800
Publication Date: March 13, 2008
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 A Review from the USA April 3, 2008
23 out of 31 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book. The level of the writing and the subject matter chosen by Dr. Dawkins are truly great. This book has already "forced" me to purchase a number of other books there are excerpted in the text ...
I have read all of his other books and enjoyed them very much, so when I saw that Dr. Dawkins had a new book only available in the UK, I ordered it from Amazon UK for a scary shipping charge. I couldn't wait for the U.S. edition. It was well worth it! I've read many collections of non-fiction writing. This one is outstanding. Another coup for Dr. Dawkins in the effort to help the public understand science.
Each excerpt from longer pieces (mostly books) in this book is preceded by an interesting essay-let where Dr. Dawkins gives historical, literary, scientific, and sometimes personal setting for the piece. These, as always from Dr. Dawkins, are superbly well written.
Highly recommended, enjoy.
Modern Science Writing March 20, 2008
55 out of 62 found this review helpful
This is a varied collection of articles by just about every great modern science writer you can think of. The articles range in size from about 8 pages to as little as half a page, and each is preceded by a short, interesting introduction by Dawkins.
I read a lot of popular science books so inevitably there were a few items which I had already read, but it was nice to be reminded of them, such as Haldane's delightful poem which begins with the words "I wish I had the voice of Homer, to sing of rectal carcinoma!" The items vary considerably in difficulty - some could be understood by a child, others require concentration - and some topics were familiar to me, others were not, so although all the articles are good it is inevitable that the reader will enjoy some articles much more than others. They also vary considerably in subject matter - some are about what science has discovered, others about how scientists work, or the philosophy of science, or amusing anecdotes.
I think anyone interested in Science should get a lot out of the book, and I have been stimulated to seek out more writing by some of the authors. Highly recommended.
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