How to Live Forever: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Science
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
How to Live Forever: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Science
By (Author) Alok Jha
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
1st January 2013
30th August 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
500
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 148mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
274g
Description
How to clone a sheep.
How to build a brain. How to boil a planet. How to save the world. From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, encompassing alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way.Reviews
'Jha's clear writing style organises these big ideas in a way that makes them a pleasure to revisit, and an eye-opener if you're discovering them for the first time' BBC Science Focus Magazine. * Science Focus Magazine *
Author Bio
Alok Jha is a science and environment correspondent at the Guardian newspaper, specialising in green technologies. In addition to writing news and comment, he presents the Science Weekly podcast and looks after the Guardian's science website. He graduated with a physics degree from Imperial College London. He lives in London.
