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Science(ish)

Science(ish)

The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies

by Rick Edwards and Michael Brooks
Hardback
Publication Date: 25/10/2017

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Two bestselling authors with a huge combined platform, provide the quintessential Christmas gift science book based on the hit podcast, Science(ish).

Just like you, Dr Michael Brooks and Rick Edwards have watched movies and been sucked into those fictional worlds. Unlike you, they've written an amusing book exploring and unpicking these much-loved stories, revealing the science within. They've chatted to some of the most respected names in science to get to the bottom of these alternate realities. And if at any point the reader is confused, relax - so is Rick. And he makes sure Michael explains it clearly.

Based on their hit podcast, this popular (hopefully) science (definitely) book dedicates each chapter to an iconic movie, and seeks to answer the key questions arising from it. From Jurassic Park (Could we ever bring back extinct species?) to The Matrix (Is it possible we're living in a computer simulation?), this is a wild ride through modern astrophysics, biology, neuroscience, behavioural science, technology, and lots of other-ologies.

Illustrated with shots from classic films, and highly designed throughout, this hilarious, informative book is an essential gift for your inner geek (or at least one you know).

ISBN:
9781786492210
9781786492210
Category:
Popular science
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
25-10-2017
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
216x157x28mm
Weight:
0.48kg
Rick Edwards

Rick Edwards is a writer and television presenter. His debut book None of the Above, which explained the political landscape in the UK, reached number 5 in the overall Amazon UK chart.

Rick has a Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge but only dimly recalls it. He has over 277,000 Twitter followers.

Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks is a physics consultant to New Scientist magazine in London.

Before joining the magazine as a features editor five years ago, he wrote freelance for many publications, including the UK's Guardian, Observer, and Independent newspapers, and edited a book on quantum computing.

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