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Mad Science
Randy Alfred
其他書名
Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World
出版
Hachette UK
, 2012-11-13
主題
Science / Essays
Technology & Engineering / History
Reference / Trivia
ISBN
0316208183
9780316208185
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rfA0AQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
365 days of inventions, discoveries, science, and technology, from the editors of
Wired
Magazine.
On January 30, Rubik applied for a patent on his cube (1975). On the next day, 17 years earlier, the first U.S. Satellite passed through the Van Allen radiation belt. On March 17, the airplane "black box" made its maiden voyage (1953). And what about today? Every day of the year has a rich scientific and technological heritage just waiting to be uncovered, and
Wired
's top-flight science-trivia book
Mad Science
collects them chronologically, from New Year's Day to year's end, showing just how entertaining, wonderful, bizarre, and relevant science can be.
In 2010,
Wired
's popular "This Day in Tech" blog peaked with more than 700,000 page views each month, and one story in 2008 drew more than a million unique viewers. This book will collect the most intriguing anecdotes from the blog's run-one for each day of the year-and publish them in a package that will instantly appeal to hardcore techies and curious laypeople alike.