BOOKS
Top Science Books of the Year
Dinos in the dining room, monsters in the mind: Discover takes a look at 20 superlative science books published in 2003
(Published in the January 2004 issue of Discover)
Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
Charles Seife, Viking, $24.95
Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe
In the sixth century B.C., Thales, a Greek mathematician, claimed that Earth was a vast cork floating upon a colossal ocean. Aristotle later argued that Earth sat motionless at the center of the universe, encircled by the sun and planets. Seife supplies the intervening history of cosmological contemplation, ending with the atom smashers and dark-matter detectives.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
Subhankar Banerjee, The Mountaineers Books, $35
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
Banerjee traveled 4,000 miles ...
