A potpourri of scientific information, compiled by the editors of the New York Times, designed to demystify science and help readers see it as a way of thinking. Topics include The Cosmos Around Us, The Search for Origins, Understanding Human Behavior, The Pursuit of Health, Our Troubled Environment, The Promise of Technology, and Curiouser and Curiouser.

As well as being interesting reading, this book is a good reference for basic science knowledge, one that reveals scientific inquiry as a vital way of thinking for everyone.

Recommended. ( )

This was probably a good book 20 years ago, but if you haven't learned anything about science since, you are illiterate. ( )