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The Further Inventions of Daedalus: A compendium of plausible schemes

By David E.H. Jones

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2000
ISBN
0198504691, 9780198504696
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
5 MB (5420458 bytes)
Edition
Paperback
Pages
224\224
Time added
2019-04-20 04:59:24

Description

One of the longest-running jokes on the scientific scene, the "Daedalus" column began in New Scientist in the mid-1960s and transferred to Nature in the 1980s. Each week it offers a new scheme to challenge accepted notions of scientific principles, schemes that are neither feasible nor completely absurd. Always entertaining, the Daedalus schemes often have a serious purpose and raise crucial questions about science (sample title: "A Womb with a View, or At Least a Phone"). This delightful book compiles roughly one hundred of David Jones's popular columns, each of which exhibits a keen and approachable mixture of entertaining and thought-provoking material. Like the collection of articles that came before it, this work will appeal to a broad audience of the scientifically curious.

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