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Science(ish)

Science(ish)

The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies

by Rick Edwards and Michael Brooks
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/07/2018

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Do aliens with acid blood exist? Will we ever go Back to the Future? And just why were the original Planet of the Ape movies so terrible?

A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2017
A New Scientist Gift Pick 2017

In Science(ish), Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks confront all the questions that your favourite movies provoke. Inspired by their award-winning podcast, this popular (hopefully) science (definitely) book dedicates each chapter to a different sci-fi classic, and wittily explores the fascinating issues that arise.

Covering movies from 28 Days Later to Ex Machina, this is a joyous ride through astrophysics, neuroscience, psychology, botany, artificial intelligence, evolution, and plenty more subjects you've always wanted to grasp. Now's your chance: stylishly designed and illustrated throughout, Science(ish) is the perfect gift for every curious mind.

"Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara O Briain

ISBN:
9781786492234
9781786492234
Category:
Popular science
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-07-2018
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
198x128x20mm
Weight:
0.26kg
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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