The Edumacation Book
Amazing Cocktail-Party Science to Impress Your Friends
Published on 20. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-68188-301-4 (ISBN)
Description
Edumacation podcast co-host Andy McElfresh leads readers on an expedition to the most bizarre and extraordinary outskirts of scientific discovery! Open this book and open your mind: You’re about to get Edumacated!
Class is now in session with Professor Andy McElfresh (not a real professor), science aficionado and co-host of the Edumacation podcast with Kevin Smith. This is the book that gives you a crash course in Cocktail-Party Science, the strange and astonishing scientific facts that you’ll want to share at all your social gatherings.
Chapters explore the Four Chambers of Knowledge—The Sci, The Fi, The Why, and The Bye—and examine such tantalizing topics as:
• Elevator Decapitations and a Deadly Wedgie
• Bigfoot, Mermaids, and the Mongolian Death Worm
• Dolphins Getting High Off Puffer Fish Toxin
• Staggering Feats of Shaolin Monks
• The Pentagon’s Weaponized Heat Ray
• Flying Cars, Real Telepathy, and Other Breakthroughs of Tomorrow
. . . and many more!
Open this book and open your mind: You’re about to get Edumacated!
- Foreword by Kevin Smith
- All-new content presented in the style of the beloved Edumacation podcast
- Exclusive Edumacation-centric super-fan crossword puzzle
Class is now in session with Professor Andy McElfresh (not a real professor), science aficionado and co-host of the Edumacation podcast with Kevin Smith. This is the book that gives you a crash course in Cocktail-Party Science, the strange and astonishing scientific facts that you’ll want to share at all your social gatherings.
Chapters explore the Four Chambers of Knowledge—The Sci, The Fi, The Why, and The Bye—and examine such tantalizing topics as:
• Elevator Decapitations and a Deadly Wedgie
• Bigfoot, Mermaids, and the Mongolian Death Worm
• Dolphins Getting High Off Puffer Fish Toxin
• Staggering Feats of Shaolin Monks
• The Pentagon’s Weaponized Heat Ray
• Flying Cars, Real Telepathy, and Other Breakthroughs of Tomorrow
. . . and many more!
Open this book and open your mind: You’re about to get Edumacated!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco, CA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68188-301-4 (9781681883014)
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E-Book
03/2018
Weldon Owen
€17.49
Available for download
Persons
Andy McElfresh is an entertainment producer and the co-host of the Edumacation podcast. He was formerly a writer and segment director for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, wrote the screenplay for White Chicks, created Nickelodeon’s Rocket Power, wrote for MTV, Comedy Central, and the Keenan Ivory Wayans Show, and was the first employee at the Zagat Survey. He lives in Los Angeles.