A noted physicist and popular science writer heads for the beach to answer common and uncommon questions about the ocean. James S. Trefil [...] explains why the sea is salty, how bubbles form on the water's surface, where waves come from, and other curiosities of the marine worl…
"Science today is a truly global enterprise. This book is a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of science from its roots in different cultures around the world through to the present day. James Trefil traces how modern science spread from its roots in Western Europe t…
"Science today is a truly global enterprise. This book is a comprehensive, thematic survey of the history of science from its roots in different cultures around the world through to the present day. James Trefil traces how modern science spread from its roots in Western Europe t…