No better way to enter 2022 than with a book of the future! A book that shows why an award-winning physicist is also an adept science communicator. A book that's sure to bring WOW!s to the couch or classroom. The first spread presents a cross section of a child's house with labels, where the author … Continue reading Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small – Perfect Picture Book Friday
When you can't sleep at night, do you lie awake in the dark, wondering what kind of equation would describe the rotation of a wobbling top? If your answer is yes, you're in good company. Meet Sophie Kowalevski, a Russian mathematician born in 1850, who spent years pondering this question. But because she was a … Continue reading Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics #PPBF
No matter what they say, how long and loudly they insist that they're just like you and me, don't believe them. Scientists are truly different. Case in point: the images they choose to adorn their bodies. In some instances, "festoon" may be the more appropriate word. I'm talking about the book, Science Ink: Tattoos of … Continue reading Science Ink – A Book “Review” in Tattoos
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