Fidgeting, Fat, Exploring Meat and Gobbling Whirly Birds And Other Delicious Science Moments

New Moments in Science #4

by Karl Kruszelnicki

Explore the science behind the important universal questions that plague our minds Questions How does fidgeting help you lose weight? Do your ears really grow bigger as you get older? Which animal is the fastest eater? Why are suicidal cells essential for life? Did a guy named Murphy actually come up with Murphy's law? Can people really be allergic to sex or water? Discover the answers to these and many more curiosities of science with Karl Kruszelnicki's unique fusion of bizarre yet amazingly true scientific facts. Karl Kruszelnicki (Sydney, Australia) is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney and he lectures throughout Australia. He's also been a scientist, a medical doctor, an engineer, a car mechanic, a television weatherman, and a roadie for Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. He enjoys telling people about the wonders of science through radio, television, the Internet and his many books.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Known popularly as Dr Karl.

Karl has degrees in Physics and Maths, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery and has worked as a physicist, tutor, film-maker, car mechanic, labourer, and as a medical doctor at the Kids' Hospital in Sydney.

In 1995 he took up the position of the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at Sydney University, spreading the good word about science and its benefits.

His enthusiasm for science is totally infectious and no one is better able to convey the excitement and wonder of it all than Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is.

Dr Karl's Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) site:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/

http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/conten...

Reviews

[Hubert RvR · Rating 4 out of 5]

By far one of the most random books I have ever read. But there is clearly a method in this madness.
Karl manages to build a series of short narratives introducing some not commonly known curiosities. Among the most interesting ones for me, one could underline: 1)Paul Erdos (most fruitful mathematician; 2) physics of cats falling down (incl. max gravitational speed) and reasons why falling from 30th floor is safer than from the 7th ?!; 3) the real story behind the Murphy's law (and its difference from the negative Finagle's law); 4) detailed intro course into the fascinating world of explosives and their application within meat softening business; 5) miraculous characteristics of apoptosis - a programmed cellular death mechanism that runs our existence...
Do read!

[Marisia · Rating 1 out of 5]

1,5 Zanudziła mnie

[Wilton314 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aaaah Dr Karl, you've done it again.