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Host of the NPR program Science Friday, Flatow converts his interviews into this survey of contemporary currents in science. Each article bears traces of its broadcast origin, featuring one or several individuals and Flatow's reportage of what they say, backed by Flatow's contextual explanation of great questions within his interviewee's area of expertise. The brain, the cosmos, nanotechnology, and stem-cell research are some hot topics, and Flatow ably draws out scientists' differing viewpoints, as with a duel pitting string theorist Brian Greene against string critic Lee Smolin (The Trouble with Physics, 2006). Global warming's front-page status is represented, but was Flatow's best "get" on this subject a San Francisco minister rather than a real scientist? Better balanced is his treatment of energy, which covers advantages and disadvantages of coal, nuclear, solar, wind, and biofuel sources. Totaling about 30 topics, Flatow's collection also exhibits an eclectic bent, such as the explanation for why shower heads pull shower curtains inward. Cultivating the curiosity essential to finding science interesting, Flatow produces a varied introduction to the topic. Taylor, Gilbert
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Host of the NPR program Science Friday, Flatow converts his interviews into this survey of contemporary currents in science. Each article bears traces of its broadcast origin, featuring one or several individuals and Flatow's reportage of what they say, backed by Flatow's contextual explanation of great questions within his interviewee's area of expertise. The brain, the cosmos, nanotechnology, and stem-cell research are some hot topics, and Flatow ably draws out scientists' differing viewpoints, as with a duel pitting string theorist Brian Greene against string critic Lee Smolin (The Trouble with Physics, 2006). Global warming's front-page status is represented, but was Flatow's best "get" on this subject a San Francisco minister rather than a real scientist? Better balanced is his treatment of energy, which covers advantages and disadvantages of coal, nuclear, solar, wind, and biofuel sources. Totaling about 30 topics, Flatow's collection also exhibits an eclectic bent, such as the explanation for why shower heads pull shower curtains inward. Cultivating the curiosity essential to finding science interesting, Flatow produces a varied introduction to the topic. Taylor, Gilbert
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Veteran NPR® science correspondent and award-winning radio and TV journalist Ira Flatow's enthusiasm for all things science has made him a beloved on-air journalist. For more than thirty-five years, Flatow has interviewed the top scientists and researchers on many NPR and PBS programs, including his popular Science Friday® spot on Talk of the Nation. In Present at the Future, he shares the groundbreaking revelations from those conversations, including the latest on nanotechnology, space travel, global warming, alternative energies, stem cell research, and using the universe as a super–super computer. Flatow also further explores his favorite topic of the science of everyday life with explanations on why the shower curtain sticks to you, the real story of why airplanes fly, and much more.
From dark matter and the human consciousness to the surprising number of scientists who believe in a Creator, Present at the Future reveals the mysteries of science, nature, and technology that shape our lives.
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