{"title":"Charles Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003eCHARLES FLOWERS is a journalist, science writer, and author or coauthor of dozens of books. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eInstability Rules: The Ten Most Amazing Ideas of Modern Science\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Bang\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Science Odyssey: 100 Years of Discovery\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowers has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCity Newspaper\u003c\/em\u003e, contributing television documentaries, magazine articles, art and theater criticism, and opinion columns. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, high school teacher, and university professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Flowers collaborates across disciplines, having worked with Bill O'Reilly and photographer Elliott Erwitt on books, and with PBS on the companion book to one of its series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Flowers’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"instability-rules","title":"Instability Rules: The Ten Most Amazing Ideas of Modern Science","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorld-altering discoveries that reveal a universe of uncertainty and constant change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhether probing the farthest reaches of the vast universe or exploring the microscopic world of genetics and the subatomic world of quantum mechanics, Instability Rules is a remarkably informative and engaging look at ten milestone discoveries and their discoverers-a wide range of very human personalities whose insights have dramatically altered our most basic assumptions about human existence during the last century. The stories include Edwin Hubble and the expanding universe, Alfred Wegener and continental drift, Neils Bohr and quantum mechanics, Alan Turing and artificial intelligence, and James Watson and Francis Crick and DNA. Also covering discoveries of the twenty-first century that are already refining these and other ideas, \u003cem\u003eInstability Rules\u003c\/em\u003e is an exhilarating, sometimes amusing encounter with the defining scientific discoveries of our age.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471380423\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471380429\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Charles Flowers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212280889560,"sku":"9780471380429","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780471380429_FChigh_mockup_v2_1740153300_a126269f-34be-402c-b84b-2df79080007b.jpg?v=1790993679"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-charles-flowers.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}