Karl Kruszelnicki
Autor(a) de Great Mythconceptions: The Science behind the Myths
About the Author
Image credit: Wikipedia user Enoch Lau - August 2006 at Sydney Uni Live!
Séries
Obras por Karl Kruszelnicki
Pigeon Poo, the Universe & Car Paint: And Other Awesome Science Moments (New Moments in Science , No 1) (1996) 68 exemplares
Curious & curiouser : burping cows, bending spoons, beer goggles & other scintillating scientific stories- (2010) 44 exemplares
Fidgeting Fat, Exploding Meat & Gobbling Whirly Birds and Other Delicious Science Moments (1999) 32 exemplares
Flying lasers, robofish and cities of slime : and more brain-bending science moments (1997) 23 exemplares
Dr. Karls neue Geschichten aus der Wissenschaft: oder Warum Hühner nicht auf Pink Floyd stehen (2006) 6 exemplares
Planetary Alignment – Part 1 1 exemplar
The Foucault Pendulum 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Adventures in Climate Science: Scientists' Tales from the Frontiers of Climate Change (2023) — Prefácio — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-03-20
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Local de nascimento
- Helsingborg, Sweden
- Locais de residência
- Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Bonegilla, Victoria, Australia
Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia - Educação
- Edmund Rice Christian Brothers College, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
University of Wollongong
Sydney University
University of New South Wales - Ocupações
- doctor
filmmaker
television presenter
radio presenter
scientist
science writer - Organizações
- University of Sydney
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Order of Australia (Member, 2006)
Julius Sumner Miller Fellow
Ig Nobel Prize (2002)
Membros
Críticas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 55
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 1,202
- Popularidade
- #21,358
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 16
- ISBN
- 96
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 2
Dr Karl’s Surfing Through Science is an informative, and entertaining, exploration of specific subjects within varied branches of science. With topics ranging from Coffee-Grinding the Perfect Cup, to Past Plagues and Coronavirus, from Black Holes Have No Size, to The Amazing Disappearing Anus, there is truly something for everyone.
Dr Karl’s enthusiasm for the subjects comes across, as does his ‘dad’ sense of humour, but without compromising the information. The text is well presented, providing concise explanation and details, with the minimum use of jargon. Sub headings help with organisation, and inset columns offer additional but still relevant information. The accompanying images and illustrations are clear and relevant. I found the large format paperback easy to handle, and the pages are a pleasing thickness.
Not content to wow his readers with science fact, Dr Karl has introduced science fiction into his latest book. By downloading an app and hovering over the title pages of each topic with a smartphone or tablet, a ‘hologram’ of Dr Karl appears and talks about some of the chapter’s key ideas. It’s a fun and unique element of the book that will especially appeal to primary school aged children. Question marks also appear on the screen, and tapping them leads to additional relevant information online, which will benefit teens or adults interested in further detail (I’ve included a demonstration video below). This clever feature also allows Dr Karl to provides updates on the information in the book, if necessary. The only downside, as such, to the augmented reality feature is that it does require an internet connection and an up-to-date Apple or Android device (with minimum OS requirements) to access these interactive elements, though the book is perfectly useful and entertaining without it.
Dr Karl’s Surfing Through Science would be a stellar gift for a budding scientist, or really anyone with a curious mind who might wonder are Murder Hornets - Lethal But Tasty?… (mais)