Lost in Wonder

Imagining Science and Other Mysteries

Colette Brooks

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Counterpoint
18 May 2010

Mathematics & Sciences; Science: general issues; History of science

The splendors of science, delightfully demystified.

How do we make sense of the modern world? Science is a profoundly affecting aspect of contemporary life, and yet the gulf between experts and everyone else is widening. Colette Brooks bridges the gap by playing the role of curious layperson, serving as a tour guide to some of the most important discoveries and innovations of the last five centuries.

Through serious and absurd stories alike, Brooks takes readers back and forth in time, from dark, cavernous laboratories to the pristine facilities of the twenty-first century. Laugh along with Newton, peer at the moon with Galileo, work beside the Wright Brothers, ride with the astronauts of Apollo 11, watch for UFOs in the 1950s, probe the secrets of the fruit fly, visit Chernobyl, or examine suspicious packages in a Hazmat suit. With Brooks as the guide, it's easy to become immersed in the twists, turns, and surprises of each imaginative leap forward.

Through a series of ""thought experiments,"" Brooks also poses questions and offers helpful tips that ease the readers way into this strange but provocative territory. Bringing her unique perspective to the larger cultural conversation about science, Brooks ultimately unleashes the most powerful force of all- our own wonder.

By: Colette Brooks
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9781582435725
ISBN 10: 1582435723
Pages: 233
Publication Date: 18 May 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Lost in Wonder: Imagining Science and Other Mysteries

"Praise for In the City ""This book is one of a kind: a view straight through the stone and steel, an X-ray of the city's consciousness. Colette Brooks writes like someone telling a secret."" --Luc Sante ""A lively mix of narrative, catechism, reportage, memoir, and meditative essay. This is an engaging book, so fraught with self-consciousness as to bring into question our notions of writing and literary structure."" --Billy Collins ""I've read In the City three times and expect to read it again. In lovely, exact prose Colette Brooks has fixed her experience of urban life with insight and compassion and humor and a sense of the encompassing mystery."" --Stanley Kauffmann"