by Walter Bruno Gratzer · W W Norton & Co Inc · tapa dura · ISBN 9780393028362
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«A Literary Companion to Science» is Walter Gratzer's anthology bringing together over two hundred extracts on science, published by W. W. Norton & Company in hardback (517 pages, in English).
It brings together over two hundred extracts from literature, biographies, memoirs, reportage and poetry, linked by the editor's commentary. Organised into six sections, the texts introduce the great names of science, examine their influence on the world and convey the excitement of discovery, without hiding the contradictions of scientific knowledge.
First American edition; originally published in England in 1989 under the title «The Longman Literary Companion to Science». Includes bibliographic references and indexes.
For readers interested in popular science literature and the connections between science and literary creation.
