A meteorite has hit the planet, causing it to stop rotating around its own axis. One half of the earth looks set to freeze solid in arctic conditions, while scorching heat is making life unbearable on the other half. Can humankind be saved from this terrible disaster? Just one enormous repulse set off from a large impulse machine …
From the creators of the wildly popular and seriously scientific YouTube channel, AsapSCIENCE, comes entertaining, irreverent, and totally accessible answers to the questions you never got to ask in science class.Why do we get hung over? What would happen if you stopped sleeping? Is binge-watching TV actually bad for you? Why should I take a power nap? In …
If you have ever suspected that “heavy water” is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album, believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder, or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry to set you on the road to chemical literacy.You …
National Geographic Angry Birds Furious Forces: The Physics at Play in the World’s Most Popular Game
Another Angry Birds National Geographic mash-up! This fun, engaging paperback uses Angry Birds to explain the physics at work in the world–and behind the popular game. National Geographic’s trademark science blends with Angry Birds’ beloved entertainment to take readers into the world of physics. Rhett Allain, physics professor and Wired blogger explains basic scientific principles in fun, accessible ways; the …
“Never hug and kiss them, never let them sit on your lap. … The end result is a happy child. Free as air, because he has mastered the stupidly simple demands society makes upon him.” Psychologists know best, of course, and in the 1950s they warned parents about the dangers of too much love. Besides, what was ‘love’ …
This anthology provides an insight into the wit and intellect of the scientific mind through a blend of amusing and serious contributions written by and about scientists. The contributions record changing attitudes within science and mirror the interactions of science with …
“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”: Adventures of a Curious Character
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist talks about his adventure-filled life in a series of transcribed taped …
Stupid Science: Weird Experiments, Mad Scientists, and Idiots in the Lab
New York Times best-selling humorist Leland Gregory chronicles laboratory experiments gone awry, modern-day mad scientists, and scientific mythconceptions inside Stupid Science. Consider these cases of misdirected human activity, each in the name of science:* The Illinois Department of Conservation spent $180,000 to study the contents of owl vomit.* Georgia State University psychology professor James Dabbs discovered in 1988 …
• What time is it at the North Pole? • What’s the chemical formula for a human being? • Why do boomerangs come back? • Why do flying fish fly? • Do the living really outnumber the dead? • Why does lightning fork? • Why does …
The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless
For a thousand years, infinity has proven to be a difficult and illuminating challenge for mathematicians and theologians. It certainly is the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity …