Freaky Science: 1,500 Weird and Wonderful Scientific Facts

by Mark Frary

Previously published: Chatswood, N.S.W.: New Holland, 2008.

Genres: Science

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Mark Frary is a writer on science and technology and graduated from University College London with a first class degree in astronomy and physics. He has carried out research into spacecraft at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey and nuclear physics on the large electron-positron collider at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland.

His work appears regularly in the London Times and other newspapers and magazines. He is the co-author of Codebreaker: the Secret History of Communications, Future Proof, and the author of Freaky Science and Math in your Pocket.

Reviews

[Michelle Madlener · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny book to keep out for guests. Lots of random trivia and future things. Pretty cool book. Something to keep on the toilet.

[Alejandro · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the book that first drew my son into the topic of space. He is 8 years old and has been fascinated by so many things in Freaky Science. We have learned about fundamental particles and antimatter and matter and black holes and nebula and so many things that he finds inspiring. The book is a bit dated now but we have started many conversations by looking something up in its pages.

I definitely recommend it to any child interested in science and a decent reader. The explanations are short and sweet and the facts are well curated. I have yet to open up the book and find something boring.