Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs?: And 317 Other Everyday Mysteries of Science

by Robert Matthews

Overview

Why can't we tickle ourselves? Which properties give you the best chance of winning Monopoly? What would happen if you fell into a black hole? Is it possible to hurt your brain if you think too much? In this entertaining and enlightening tour of day-to-day life, award-winning writer and scientist Robert Matthews tackles everything from the puzzling maths of odd socks to the real 'string theory' mystery: how does string acquire all those unwanted knots?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781851689002
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	04/01/2012
Edition description:	2nd Edition, Revised
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

US: Robert Matthews is a visiting lecturer in science at Aston University, in Birmingham, England. He has published pioneering research in fields ranging from code-breaking to predicting coincidences, and won the internationally renowned Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for his studies of Murphy’s Law, including the reason why toast so often lands butter-side down. An award-winning science writer, he has contributed to many newspapers and magazines world-wide, and is currently science consultant for Focus magazine, a flagship BBC publication. His book 25 Big Ideas: The Science that’s Changing our World (9781851683918) is also published by Oneworld.