Why Are Orangutans Orange? - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605983896 ISBN 13: 9781605983899

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2012

Synopsis

More popular science questions and answers from the distinguished Mick O'Hare―now illustrated in full color!

Illustrated for the first time, with eighty full-color photographs showing the beauty, complexity and mystery of the world around us, here is the next eagerly awaited volume of science questions and answers from Mick O'Hare and his team at NewScientist. From ripples in glass to 'holograms' in ice, the natural world's wonders are unraveled by the magazine's knowledgeable readers.

Six years since its debut, this magnificent series still rides high in the international bestseller lists, with well over two million copies sold. Popular science has never been more absorbing or more enjoyable. For the first time in full color, this latest collection of resourceful, wry and well-informed answers to a remarkable range of baffling science questions is guaranteed to impress and delight.

80 Color Illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

Now in print for over fifty years, New Scientist is the bestselling and fastest growing science magazine in the world. Why are Orangutans Orange? is compiled and edited by Mick O'Hare, production editor of New Scientist, who is frequently interviewed on television and radio.

Review:

“The editor of New Scientist is at it again, illuminating the wacky side of science and scientists.  The time the organizing principle is the remarkable ingenuity shown by hard-working scientists, ingenuity that sometimes verges on, well, craziness. A deeply fascinating and occasionally rib-tickling book.”
- Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1605983896
• ISBN 13: 9781605983899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: O'Hare Mick