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How Scientists Think

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This concise,illustrated book expands on the experiments offered in general biology,genetics,or molecular biology texts. It offers discussions of one classic genetics or molecular biology experiment in each of 21 chapters.

104 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 1995

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George Johnson

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George Johnson (born January 20, 1952) is an American journalist and science writer. He is the author of a number of books, including The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments (2008) and Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in 20th-Century Physics (1999), and writes for a number of publications, including The New York Times.

He is one of the co-hosts (with science writer John Horgan) of "Science Saturday", a weekly discussion on the website Bloggingheads.tv, related to topics in science. Several prominent scientists, philosophers, and bloggers have been interviewed for the site.

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