Unbelievable Science

Colin Barras

ISBN 10: 1780979428 / ISBN 13: 9781780979427

Edité par Carlton Books Sep 2017, 2017

A propos de cet article

Neuware - Divided into sections covering physics, space, humanity, the brain, plants and animals, and linking stories from different fields, Unbelievable Science offers a boundless journey of discovery for anyone with a passion for the world around them.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9781780979427

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Unbelievable Science
• Éditeur: Carlton Books Sep 2017
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1780979428
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781780979427
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 248 L x 193 H x 20 P (en millimètres) 248 millimètres de largeur par 193 millimètres de hauteur par 20 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 774 grammes

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Synopsis

How did the atom bomb help save the elephant? Have we found the secret to eternal youth? Could a parasite be manipulating you right now?

This dazzling collection of stories reveals the key recent breakthroughs in science, across all fields.

Inside you will meet the killers lurking in Earth's ice, the super-coral that could save our seas and the neuroscientists hunting ghosts. You will travel beyond our galaxy to worlds where the sun sets twice, and beyond our time to a future where the Internet is unhackable and chickenosaurs roam the land.

Divided into sections covering physics, space, humanity, the brain, plants and animals, and linking stories from different fields, Unbelievable Science offers a boundless journey of discovery for anyone with a passion for the world around them. Prepare to be shocked and amazed on every page.

À propos de l?auteur

Colin Barras holds degrees in geology, palaeobiology and science communication, and a PhD in palaeontology. He has been technology news editor, life science, and biomedical news editor of New Scientist and continues to write for the magaine on a weekly basis. In 2012/2013, he was employed by CERN to write Hunting the Higgs, an introductory book on the science of the Large Hadron Collider and the discovery of the Higgs Boson. He also works for BBC Worldwide, writing and editing for the BBC Future and BBC Earth websites, and is frequently asked to comment on scientific breakthroughs.