Science Matters

Lucid and lively. Hazen and Trefil have a particular genius for picturing even formidably abstract ideas in concrete images. . . . Science Matters is as good as they get --The Washington Post Book World Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious--good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did. --The New York Times Book Review A book that even scientifically literate readers can consult . . . if they find their recollection of relativity or quantum mechanics getting shaky. --New Scientist Ordered and accessible, never daunting, never jumping ahead of itself. . . . If you've always thought you could never understand science, Hazen and Trefil will show you you're wrong. --Washington Monthly A thoughtful and concise overview of what the citizen needs to know about science. --E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Science does matter, as this book shows. --Isaac Asimov A model of clarity and coherence. --Leon M. Lederman, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics Lucid. . . . Will cause readers to wonder what was so confusing about the Periodic Table of Elements they confronted in their school days. --Publishers Weekly A first rate exposition-thorough, accessible, and entertaining-of the rudiments of scientific knowledge. --Kirkus Reviews A confident overview of the fundamentals of science. . . . Comprehensible and carefully paced. --Booklist