{"id":2156,"date":"2014-06-30T19:15:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2014-06-30T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T23:15:09","slug":"free-book-excerpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2156","title":{"rendered":"Free book excerpt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Center for Science Education has a free excerpt of my book available at their website<\/a>. Check it out and help me spread the word by sharing the link, please! Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Center for Science Education has a free excerpt of my book available at their website. Check it out and help me spread the word by sharing the link, please! 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