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In this collection of stories illustrating strange aspects of science, Jay Ingram explores some of the little-known quirks of human behaviour, reports on science''s attempts to re-examine history, and discusses curiosities of the natural world.'
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"Ingram . . . acts as a kind of cross between a clear-eyed journalist and a tongue-in-cheek comedian."
--The Globe and Mail
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--The Globe and Mail
"Jay Ingram has taken on the role of alchemist: he turns the lead of scientific jargon into literary gold."
--Calgary Herald
"Ingram is a wizard at transforming complex curiosities of the natural and physical sciences into entertaining anecdotes."
--The Edmonton Sun
"Lively . . . witty . . . In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks, [Ingram] manages a difficult trick--making the minutiae of science seem alluring to the uninitiated."
--Maclean's
Jay Ingram is the author of the best-selling books The Science of Everyday Life, Talk, Talk, Talk and The Burning House, which won the 1995 Canadian Science Writers Book Award. He hosts his own weekly prime time show called "Discovery Connection" which now airs in the U.S., and is co-host and producer of Discovery Channel's award winning "@discovery.ca" television's first and only daily science and nature news magazine. He has received two ACTRA Awards including one for Best Host: the Sandford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for his work popularizing science; and the Royal Science of Canada McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science. He also contributes a weekly science column to the Toronto Star.
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- PublisherAurum
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1854106333
- ISBN 13 9781854106339
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