Science : Without the Boring Bits

Science Without the Boring Bits is the essential survival guide for anyone who has ever been baffled by science. In a series of intriguing, entertaining, and often extraordinary scenarios, Alok Jha brings to life 35 key science ideas in a way anyone can understand. From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, taking in cloned sheep, alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions, and dissected brains along the way. You'll discover how to travel through time, how to start, (and cure) a plague, how the mind works, how to turn sunbeams into oak trees, how to boil a planet, how turn invisible, and much, much more. Both informative and enjoyable, this is a rip-roaring introduction to the wonders of modern science.