{"product_id":"boltzmanns-tomb-travels-in-search-of-science-hardcover","title":"Boltzmann's Tomb: Travels in Search of Science - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of the \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e book club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended by MSNBC, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp; American Association for the Advancement of Science's \u003ci\u003eSB\u0026amp;F\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This wonderful scientific memoir captures the romance and beauty of research in precise poetic prose that is as gorgeous and evocative as anything written by Rilke, painted by Seurat, or played by Casals.\" --\u003cb\u003eMary Doria Russell\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDoc\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A radiant love letter to science from a scientist with a poet's soul . . . Green is an exquisite writer, and his fierce focus and mastery of style are reminiscent of the biologist and essayist Lewis Thomas.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBoltzmann's Tomb\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Green interweaves the story of his own lifelong evolution as a scientist, and his work in the Antarctic, with a travelogue that is a personal and universal history of science. Like Richard Holmes' \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e--this book serves as a marvelous introduction to the great figures of science. Along with lyrical meditations on the tragic life of Galileo, the wildly eccentric Tycho Brahe, and the visionary Sir Isaac Newton, Green's ruminations return throughout to the lesser-known figure of Ludwig Boltzmann. Using Boltzmann's theories of randomness and entropy as a larger metaphor for the unpredictable paths that our lives take, Green shows us that science, like art, is a lived adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Bill Green\u003c\/b\u003e is a geochemist and professor emeritus at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWater, Ice \u0026amp; Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes\u003c\/i\u003e which received the American Museum of Natural History's John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing, was a finalist for the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award, and was excerpted in \u003ci\u003eThe Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic, \u003c\/i\u003e edited by Elizabeth Kolbert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Green\u003c\/b\u003e is a geochemist and professor emeritus at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eBoltzmann's Tomb: Travels in Search of Science\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWater, Ice \u0026amp; Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Book, was a finalist for the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award, and was excerpted in \u003ci\u003eThe Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Elizabeth Kolbert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen first traveled to Antarctica in 1968 and began conducting research there in 1980. To date he has been there nine times and has published many articles on the biogeochemical processes in the pristine lakes and meltwater streams of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769946931488,"sku":"9781934137352","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d6b0ca066acda1869d85ab3830cde34d.webp?v=1780360557","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/boltzmanns-tomb-travels-in-search-of-science-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}