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And Then You're Dead

And Then You're Dead

The World's Most Interesting Ways to Die

by Cody Cassidy and Paul Doherty
Paperback
Publication Date: 26/04/2017
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A fun, gruesomely fascinating and scientifically accurate guide to some of the most bizarre ways to die.

What would happen if you stuck your head into a nuclear particle accelerator? What if you jumped into an interstellar black hole, or slipped out of a deep-sea submarine wearing only a pair of Speedos?

In And Then You're Dead: The world's most interesting ways to die, we'll give serious answers to these horribly interesting questions in a way a layperson can understand.

Illustrated with straight-forward technical art and leavened by small doses of dry humour, the book will be both scientifically informative and gruesomely entertaining.

Relying on the deeply human observation that things which actually happen compel little interest, there will be no discussion of heart attacks or car wrecks. But there will be plenty to learn about those people unfortunate enough to get swallowed by a whale.

ISBN:
9781760290962
9781760290962
Category:
Popular science
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
26-04-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
ALLEN & UNWIN
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
234x153mm
Cody Cassidy

Cody Cassidy is the co-author of the popular science book And Then You're Dead, which was translated into more than ten languages, and a former bookstore clerk in Buenos Aires.

While writing Who Ate the First Oyster? he attempted to shave with chipped obsidian like the inventor of the world's first razor, retraced the final steps of an ancient murder victim through the Pyrenees and the Alps, brewed beer by spoiling gruel, and fired a replica of an ancient bow and arrow, among other experiments.

He lives in San Francisco.

Paul Doherty

Paul Doherty is co-director and senior staff scientist at the famed San Francisco Exploratorium Museum.

He has co-written numerous books, including The Exploratorium Science Snackbook, Explorabook, and Klutz Book Of Magnetic Magic.

He received his PhD in solid state physics from MIT. Cody Cassidy is a writer who has worked as sports reporter and editor for various magazines and web sites.

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