:: jeffmacintyre.com ::Jeffrey MacIntyre is a New York-based freelance journalist and interactive media specialist. His writing appears in publications such as the New York Times, Wired, Slate, Boston Globe and San Francisco Chronicle. He also consults in interactive content strategy for leading media companies.A Valentine to Science, a Primer for Adults Globe Books- June 4, 2007 Globe & Mail, June 2, 2007 (reprint) THE CANON: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science. By Natalie Angier. Houghton Mifflin, 293 pages. $35.95 'Science is huge," explains Natalie Angier, "a great ocean of human experience; it's the product and point of having the most deeply corrugated brain of any species this planet has spawned. If you never learn to swim, you'll surely regret it; and the sea is so big, it won't let you forget it." So begins the charming high dive act of...http://www.jeffmacintyre.com/archives/2007/06/a_valentine_to_science_a_primer_for_adults_g... |