TY - BOOK ID - 77923966 TI - Publishing and the advancement of science : from selfish Genes to Galileo's finger AU - Rodgers, Michael AU - Dawkins, Richard PY - 2014 SN - 1783263725 9781783263721 9781783263707 9781783263714 1783263709 1783263717 PB - London, England : Imperial College Press, DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - History. KW - Graphics industry KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - Great Britain UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77923966 AB - Popular science books, selling in their thousands - even millions - help us appreciate breakthroughs in understanding the natural world, while highlighting the cultural importance of scientific knowledge. Textbooks bring these same advances to students; the scientists of tomorrow. But how do these books come about? And why are some of them so spectacularly successful?. This is the first ever insider's account of science publishing, written by an editor intimately involved in the publication of some of the most famous bestsellers in the field. Michael Rodgers reveals the stories behind these ex ER -