Penguin Books, Summer 2012 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
Penguin Books, Summer 2012 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
Penguin Books, Summer 2012 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
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iSBN 978-0-14-312127-5 $15.00 ($16.00 CAN)<br />
Science/Reference 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 224 pp. Rights: E00<br />
b/w illustrations throughout A <strong>Penguin</strong> Original<br />
Agent: The Zoë Pagnamenta Agency Audio: <strong>Penguin</strong><br />
On sale: 4/24/<strong>2012</strong><br />
SuGGeSTeD ORDeR<br />
Praise for Wayne Biddle’s A Field Guide<br />
to Germs:<br />
“ An engaging account of the merciless<br />
microbes among us.” —The Washington Post<br />
“ Biddle manages to make mayhem so<br />
interesting that we read on, avidly.”<br />
—Smithsonian Magazine<br />
“ An irreverent handbook for the<br />
microbe maniac.” —GQ<br />
A comprehensive and accessible guide to<br />
understanding how radiation affects our<br />
everyday lives<br />
A Field Guide<br />
to Radiation<br />
Wayne Biddle<br />
Nuclear energy, X-rays, radon, cell phones . . . radiation is part<br />
of the way we live on a daily basis, and yet the sources and<br />
repercussions of our exposure to it remain mysterious. Now<br />
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Wayne Biddle offers a first-ofits-kind<br />
guide to understanding this fundamental aspect of the<br />
universe. From fallout to radiation poisoning, alpha particles to<br />
cosmic rays, Biddle illuminates the history, meaning, and health<br />
implications of one hundred scientific terms in succinct, witty<br />
essays. A Field Guide to Radiation is an essential, engaging<br />
handbook that offers wisdom and common sense for today’s<br />
increasingly nuclear world.<br />
n Wayne Biddle is a Pulitzer Prize–winning former New York Times journalist<br />
n Includes photos throughout<br />
n A Field Guide to Germs has been in print for more than 25 years<br />
n Also available as an e-book<br />
wAyne Biddle is the author of five books, including<br />
A Field Guide to Germs, winner of an American Medical Writers<br />
Association Award, and Dark Side of the Moon, which was<br />
selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. He<br />
teaches at Johns Hopkins University and lives in rural Maryland.<br />
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