Munching Maggots, Noah's Flood & TV Heart Attacks: And Other Cataclysmic Science Moments

By Karl Kruszelnicki

Are you curious about science? At last, you can learn the answers to all of your nagging scientific questions, such as . . . What is that gunk on my car after a long road trip? What do I have to do to get a star named after me? Does my name grant me superhero-like powers? Is maggot therapy the next medical trend? Explore the answers to these questions and more curiosities of science with Karl Kruszelnicki's unique fusion of bizarre yet amazingly true scientific facts. Munching Maggots, Noah's Flood & TV Heart Attacks also explains absolutely everything you ever wanted to know about the intricate pharmacology of caffeine, the surprising history of broccoli, the mysteries of flattened fauna, the magic of melatonin, and much more. Karl Kruszelnicki (Sydney, Australia) is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney, and lectures at schools throughout Australia. He's also been a scientist, a medical doctor, an engineer, a car mechanic, a TV weatherman, and a roadie for Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. He enjoys telling people about the wonders and curiosities of science through the radio, TV, Internet (check out his Web site at: http: //www.abc.net.au/science/k2/default.htm), and his many books.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047137850X
• ISBN13: 9780471378501
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

FINISHED IT IN A DAY

There are so many interesting bits of information in this book that i just couldn't put it down. For a science book, it sure is approachable. A couple of days after reading this book, I was regurgitating factoids all over the place and impressing my family and friends big time.