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049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aGreenfieldboyce, Nell, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTransient and strange : _bnotes on the science of life / _cNell Greenfieldboyce
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, N.Y. : _bW.W. Norton & Company, Inc., _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_ax, 214 pages ; _c22 cm
334			_asingle unit _2rdami
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aAn astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life. In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle collider; she's presented news on the color of dinosaur eggs, ice worms that live on mountaintop glaciers, and signs of life on Venus. In this, her debut book, she delivers a wholly original collection of powerful, emotionally raw, and unforgettable personal essays that probe the places where science touches our lives most intimately. Expertly weaving her own experiences of motherhood and marriage with an almost devotional attention to the natural world, Greenfieldboyce grapples with the weighty dualities of life: birth and death, constancy and impermanence, memory and doubt, love and aging. She looks for a connection to the universe by embarking on a search for the otherworldly glint of a micrometeorite in the dust, consults meteorologists and storm chasers on the eerie power of tornadoes to soothe her children's anxieties, and processes her adolescent oblivion through the startling discovery of black holes. Inspired throughout by Walt Whitman's invocation to the "transient and strange," she remains attuned to the wildest workings of our world, reflecting on the incredible leap of the humble flea or the echoing truth of a fetal heartbeat. A beautiful blend of explanatory science, original reporting, and personal experience, Transient and Strange captures the ache of ordinary life, offering resonant insights into both the world around us and the worlds within us.
505	0	0	_gPart I. _tThe symbol of a tornado -- _tWhat else is there? -- _tA very charming young black hole -- _gPart II. _tPum pum pum -- _tSpider at the window -- _tA life so precarious as a flea's -- _tEverybody does it! -- _tAutomatic beyond belief -- _tA moment of silence -- _gPart III. _tMy eugenics project.
600	1	0	_aGreenfieldboyce, Nell.
650		0	_aScience _xPhilosophy. _926738
650		0	_aScience _xMoral and ethical aspects. _998846
650		0	_aScience _xSocial aspects. _9142972
655		7	_aEssays. _2lcgft _95184
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