Cody Cassidy has worked as the sports editor for
Zimbio.com, a sports reporter for Stanford Athletics, and a writer
for Coach magazine. He has no firsthand experience with
any of the scenarios described in this book.
Paul Doherty worked as the senior staff scientist at San
Francisco’s famed Exploratorium Museum. He is the co-writer
numerous books, including The Exploratorium Science Snackbook,
Explorabook, and the Klutz Book of Magnetic Magic. He received
his PhD in solid state physics from MIT.
“As someone who is averse to flying, elevators, and a catalog of
other things I’d rather not admit to, I found this book strangely
cathartic. A great read, full of interesting anecdotes and funny
commentary.”
—Ali Almossawi, author of Bad Choices and An Illustrated Book of
Bad Arguments
“Arch, brainy . . . [with] vivid, engaging, and utterly fascinating
scientific explanations. This merrily macabre compendium playfully
offers lessons in basic human physiology, nuclear fusion, quantum
physics, and fluid dynamics, among other things, and at every turn,
the authors explain the concepts cogently and with gleeful
enthusiasm. . . . With bite-size morsels of astonishing science and
the perfect combination of smart-alecky writing and black humor,
this page-turner will surely debunk any misapprehension that
science is dull.”
—Booklist
“Entertaining—if harrowing.”
—The New York Times Book Review
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