Natalie Angier

Unless we are brilliant at science in our teenage years, many of us put off ''childish things'' - science museums, palaeontology - in favour of museums, art galleries and concert halls. A cultured person, Natalie Angier argues, should know about the classic ideas of physics and biology as well as the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso. Drawing on conversations with many of the world''s leading scientists, Angier takes us on a vivid, good-humoured and informative tour of this neglected canon. An entertaining guide to scientific literacy - from stem-cell research to bird flu and global warming - that explains the machinery of this place we call home.

Every sentence sparkles with wit and charm . . . An intoxicating cocktail of fine science writing. Richard Dawkins, author of The God DelusionAn inspiring and imaginative tour through the basics of science, from astronomy to biology and beyond. New York Times science writer Natalie Angier argues that this neglected canon should be essential knowledge - like Shakespeare, Beethoven or Picasso - for any cultured person, and The Canon makes these scientific fundamentals both exciting and easy to understand.Delightful and witty ... Angier proves that our lives are enriched when we start understanding what science is all about. Michael Taube, Financial TimesThe kind of science book you wish someone had placed in front of you at school. Tim Adams, ObserverThink you dont need this elegant primer on the basics of science? Go on, then - explain what electricity is, or DNA . . . See, told you so.Tatler The best introduction to essential science Ive read for many a year John Cornwell, Sunday TimesAngier conveys the real substance of field after field, without distortion or dumbing down . . . I hope it is widely read. Steven Pinker, New York Times

Con la claridad de estilo y la agudeza que la caracterizan, la ganadora del premio Pulitzer Natalie Angier nos desvela la más enigmática de las obras maestras de la evolución: el cuerpo femenino. Angier explora la esencia de lo que significa ser mujer en todos los aspectos, desde los organos al orgasmo; mientras profundiza en topicos como el ejercicio y la menopausia, la agresividad femenina y los enfoques de los psicologos evolucionistas sobre la naturaleza femenina. Angier nos ofrece en este libro una vision fresca y dichosa de la feminidad.

Unless we are brilliant at science in our teenage years, many of us put off childish things - science museums, an interest in palaeontology - in favour of art galleries, museums and concert halls. A cultured person, Natalie Angier argues, should know about the classic ideas of physics and evolutionary biology as well as the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world's leading scientists, Angier takes us on a vivid, good-humoured and informative tour of this neglected canon. An entertaining guide to scientific literacy for anyone who wants to understand the great issues of our age - from stem cell research to bird flu and global warming - this is a joyride through the great subjects that explain the machinery of this place we call home.

Natalie Angier, ganadora del premio Pulitzer, repasa el cuerpo femenino: desde los órganos de la mujer hasta el orgasmo. Ahonda en cuestiones como la menopausia, la agresividad femenina o la naturaleza de la mujer. Con numerosos ejemplos practicos, mucha gracia, amenidad, rigor cientifico y sentido comun logra plasmar una vision alegre y fresca de la feminidad. Un libro innovador, curioso y divertido sobre y para mujeres. De lectura imprescindible para los hombres.

WOMAN explores the essence of what it means to be female. In mapping the inner woman - from organs to orgasms - Natalie Angier presents an extraordinary new vision of the female body as an evolutionary masterpiece.Anyone living in or near a female body should read this book - Gloria SteinemWomen have long been regarded as slaves to biology and evolution, prisoners in a hormonal swamp. But now, some of the sacred tenets of evolutionary psychology . . . have come under fresh challenge. As the century turns, it could be Goodbye womens lib; hello female liberation! . . . WOMAN is a delicious cocktail of estrogen and amphetamine designed to pump up the ovaries as well as the cerebral cortex - Barbara Ehrenreich, Time magazineDrawing on science, literature and history, Angier provides valuable insight into the power of hormones, breast milk and the all-important clitoris. A must for every womans bookshelf - Womans Journal

National Book Award finalist A New York Times notable book One knows early on one is reading a classica text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles Times After fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With her characteristic clarity, insight, and sheer exuberance of language, bestselling author Natalie Angier cuts through the still prevalent myths and misinformation surrounding the female body, that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces. Ultimately, this grand tour of the female body provides a new vision of the role of women in the history of our species.Washington Post

Natalie Angier knows all that scientists know - and sometimes more - about the power of symmetry in sexual relations, about the brutal courting habits of dolphins, about the grand deceit of orchids, about the impact of female and male preferences on evolution. She knows how scientists go about their work, and she describes their ways, their visions, and their arguments. Perhaps most poignantly, she understands the complexities and the sad necessity of death. "The beauty of the natural world lies in the details, and most of those details are not the stuff of calendar art," she points out. Few writers have ever covered so many facets of biology so evocatively in one book. The Beauty of the Beastly tells us how the genius of the biological universe resides in its details and proves why, according to Timothy Ferris, author of the acclaimed Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Angier is "one of the strongest and wittiest science writers in the world today."

Natalie Angier nos invita a adentrarnos en las principales disciplinas de la ciencia. Por el camino, aprenderemos qué ocurre cuando se deshace un helado o se enfría el café, cómo actúan las células del higado cuando comemos un caramelo, por que el caballo es un ejemplo de evolucion en el trabajo y la razon por la que estamos hechos de polvo de estrellas. Un libro para todos aquellos que quieran entender los grandes problemas cientificos actuales. Tambien esta dirigido a todos aquellos padres que, alguna vez, han sentido panico cuando alguno de sus hijos les ha preguntado como se formo la Tierra o que es la electricidad. La brillante prosa de Angier y sus memorables metaforas hacen que la ciencia cobre vida.