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"Though he's not a scientist-perhaps because he's not-Pohl has an admirable gift for making difficult concepts easy to understand….This is an invaluable reference for anyone with a whiff of scientific interest, or those with children whom they would like to inoculate with a zest for science. Pohl's enthusiasm is so contagious, his narrative so accessible and his example so stirring--who can fail to be impressed by an octogenarian possessed of such energy and messianic zeal?--that it may even do the unthinkable and make some converts among the multitudes who slept through chemistry class.Pohl, Frederik is the author of 'Chasing Science Science As a Spectator Sport', published 2000 under ISBN 9780312867119 and ISBN 0312867115.
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