How to Live Forever
And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Science
Published on 30. August 2012
224 pages
978-1-78087-367-1 (ISBN)
Description
How to clone a sheep.
How to build a brain.
How to boil a planet.
How to save the world.
From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, encompassing alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way.
How to build a brain.
How to boil a planet.
How to save the world.
From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, encompassing alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way.
Reviews / Votes
'Jha's clear writing style organises these big ideas in a way that makes them a pleasure to revisit, and an eye-opener if you're discovering them for the first time' BBC Science Focus Magazine. * Science Focus Magazine *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
File size
4,29 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78087-367-1 (9781780873671)
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08/2012
Quercus Publishing
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Person
Alok Jha is a science and environment correspondent at the Guardian newspaper, specialising in green technologies. In addition to writing news and comment, he presents the Science Weekly podcast and looks after the Guardian's science website. He graduated with a physics degree from Imperial College London. He lives in London.
