Fascinating lists, facts, stories, poems, drawings, diagrams - and even jokes - across the scientific disciplines and from science's bejewelled history.
Simon Flynn was a publisher and is now training as a science teacher. He has degrees in Chemistry and Philosophy - and a passion for science
Simon Flynn's cornucopia of curious facts, anecdotes and quotations
... is sure to entertain and surprise.
*New Scientist*
For anyone who likes science and is a fan of Schott's original
miscellany, this book is a must. It is full of quirky, interesting
scientific facts and anecdotes from across science and its history
... Quite frankly, I loved it. It's great fun and doesn't take
itself too seriously.
*Chemistry World*
[A] lighthearted dash through science ... offering lots of
curiosities that you will be itching to tell those around you.
*The Biologist*
Simon Flynn's grab-bag of stories from all branches of science
exudes enthusiasm, breathing fresh life into a venerable
format.
*Physics World*
This book is a cabinet of scientific curiosities ... [The Science
Magpie] will stimulate good topics of conversation for the pub.
*BBC Focus*
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