The Element in the Room, Helen Arney
The Element in the Room, Helen Arney
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The Element in the Room
Science-y Stuff Staring You in the Face

Author: Helen Arney, Steve Mould

Narrator: Helen Arney, Steve Mould

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Cassell

Published: 03/06/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

'Made me go Hydrogen Argon, Hydrogen Argon, Hydrogen Argon.' Rufus Hound As featured in Best stocking-filler books of 2017 - The Guardian 'Witty and clever writing, every topic is engaging, fun and in some cases laugh-out-loud funny...there are too many highlights to mention' - How it Works Why is it impossible to spin your right foot clockwise while you draw a 6 with your right hand? Can you extract DNA from a strawberry daiquiri? Would you make love like a praying mantis? Should you book a holiday on Earth 2.0? The Element in the Room will take you on a rib-tickling, experiment-fuelled adventure to explain everyday science that is staring you in the face. If you are sci-curious, pi-curious or just the-end-is-nigh-curious then this is the book for you. Steve Mould and Helen Arney are two thirds of science comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd. As a trio they have appeared on QI, created their own experimental* comedy show 'Domestic Science' for Radio 4, toured their stand-up science shows to over 50,000 nerds (and non-nerds) and accumulated millions of views on YouTube. 'These nerds are the real deal' - Ben Goldacre, author of BAD SCIENCE 'They make science fun and understandable which is a great combo.' Sandi Toksvig 'MIND BLOWN.' Tim Harford 'Science was never such hilarious explosive fun.' Richard Herring 'This book is 37% better than mine. But it took 100% more nerds to write it.' Matt Parker (the other third of Spoken Nerd)

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

Two thirds of the excellent science performance group Festival of the Spoken Nerd have produced an extremely entertaining 'find out more about science by messing around with stuff' book. (The remaining member of the group, Matt Parker, has his own book.) This is a fun, rambling, joy of a title - Hele......more

Goodreads review by Rory

After finishing this book I still have no idea who it's aimed at. From the tone, and the level of much of the science, I would have thought it was for kids, except that a lot of the humour is very much not for kids. I'm not very familiar with Helen Arney but I know Steve Mould has plenty of interest......more