The Canon
Natalie Angier, , read by Nike Doukas. . HighBridge Audio, $39.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-59887-089-3
Science is underappreciated and undervalued in a world that thrives on it. Pulitzer Prize–winning science reporter Angier sets out to bring the basics of hard science (biology, chemistry, physics, etc.) into listeners' everyday lives. Rather than returning to the doldrums of a high school science class, she shows listeners where and how science is happening in everything we do. Through her discussions with scientists and her use of analogies, she makes the complex accessible. Doukas delivers her performance in an energetic, soft and welcoming voice. She emphasizes and paces so as not to overload her listeners as well as to bring home Angier's points. Doukas's tone hints of excitement but also sympathy for those listeners who may appreciate science but who have a bit of angst for learning about it. With over 13 hours of listening, though, this audiobook is best processed in small chunks. Angier covers a lot in each chapter, but trying to grasp it all may take repeated listening.
Reviewed on: 07/30/2007
Genre: Audio
Compact Disc - 978-1-6651-8691-9
Compact Disc - 979-8-212-33977-3
Hardcover - 293 pages - 978-0-571-23971-9
Hardcover - 293 pages - 978-0-618-24295-5
MP3 CD - 978-1-6651-8690-2
MP3 CD - 979-8-212-33978-0
Open Ebook - 304 pages - 978-0-547-34856-8
Paperback - 304 pages - 978-0-547-05346-2