The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses: Crazy, Sexy and Cool Stories from Science

by Michael Gross

Michael Gross has been writing about science full time for the last eight years and as a night time hobby for the previous seven. From his treasure troves, he now presents his favourite science stories from these 15 years. What are the attractions that make him revisit a topic or reread an article again and again? Often, it's the sheer craziness of wildly unexpected findings or grotesquely oversized challenges. In other stories, there is a sexy element...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3527322876
• ISBN13: 9783527322879
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"