The Science Magpie

Zusatztext 'This book is a cabinet of scientific curiosities ... [The Science Magpie] will stimulate good topics of conversation for the pub.' Informationen zum Autor Simon Flynn: Simon Flynn was a publisher and is now training as science teacher. He has degrees in Chemistry and Philosophy. Klappentext Fascinating lists, facts, stories, poems, drawings, diagrams-and even jokes-from across the scientific disciplines. Zusammenfassung From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities.Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter scale and learn how to measure the speed of light in your kitchen.Skip through time with Darwin’s note on the pros and cons of marriage, take part in an 1858 Cambridge exam, meet the African schoolboy with a scientific puzzle named after him and much more.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Flynn
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2012
• EAN: 9781848314160
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-416-0
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 207 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Magpie
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, ANF:Popular Science