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Mark Denny

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in Ripon, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

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http://markdenny.shawwebspace.ca

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Nonfiction, Science, History

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August 2009

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Started writing in 2005, after 20 years working for a living...In fact, writing is work, of course, but I mean that I like it a lot more than the 9-to-5 grind of my office job (research engineer for a multinational aerospace corporation).

Ingenium was my first book, and I guess it shows, but I still have a great fondness for it. I was approached out of the blue by the editor of Johns Hopkins University Press who had seen a bunch of my published papers on historically important machines--he thought they could form the basis of an interesting popular science book. So I wrote it; the reviews were kind. I've recently completed my tenth book.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 301 ratings · 49 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Engineering Animals: How Life Works by Mark Denny (Goodreads Author), Alan McFadzean (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Froth!: The Science of Beer 3.36 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science Behind the Forecasts 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Float Your Boat!: The Evolution and Science of Sailing 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Super Structures: The Science of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science of Navigation: From Dead Reckoning to GPS really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blip, Ping, and Buzz: Making Sense of Radar and Sonar 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rocket Science: From Fireworks to the Photon Drive by Mark Denny (Goodreads Author), Alan McFadzean (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lights On!: The Science of Power Generation 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun: The Evolution and Science of Ballistics 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars