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The Joy of Science

byJim Al-Khalili

Jim Al-Khalili uses The Joy of Science to investigate joy of Science through a carefully framed science narrative. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of science and self – help. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780691211572