The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses

Michael Gross 지음

Wiley-VCH 2012년 03월 08일 출간

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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 or an unexpected insight into the human condition. And sometimes, when reporting new and future technologies, the author just can't help thinking: ?cooooooool!? So here are more than 60 crazy, sexy and cool science stories for you to enjoy.

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CRAZY -WEIRD AND WONDERFUL TALES FROM NATURE AND SCIENCETardigrades can take the pressureMagic bullets from the desertAsparagine and old lacePeptides shielding our skinHealth warning: your body may be unstableAll together nowSo where is most of the universe?Cell jet printersA frizzled inhairitanceHow to eat without a stomachAstronomy helps spotting whalesharksTalk to your proteinAncient protein survives in our eyesSEXY -OFFIAL: PEOPLE ARE THE WEIRDEST CREATURES ON THIS PLANET: SORRY, PLATYPUSRead my lipsA matter of tasteLet your love glowJacobson's moleculesThe science of the SimpsonsElusive treasuresEggs and sperms and rock n' rollA Cuban success storyCupid chemistryCOOL -WELL, HUMANS MAY BE WEIRD, BUT THEY DID DEVELOP SOME COOL TECHNOLOGYCrystallographic antibodiesDip-pen lithographyTraffic-light proteinsA cool receptorBiotronics: a collision of continentsThe one-atom quantum computerTwist and twirlMulti-purpose DNADiatomsNature's warning signsAll on one chipPlatinum storiesNanowires plugged into nerve cellsAptamer sensorsHairy ball theorem untangles chemical problem

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"This is a rich source of entertainment to the reader who dips in and cherry picks topics.... There are many cool science stories here for you to enjoy." (Education in Chemistry, May 2009)"A huge set of short essays on obscure and interesting scientific topics … .[A valuable] resource for livening up lectures by professors who are trying to get undergraduates excited about science." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, March 2009)"His choice in organizing the book into three parts titled 'Crazy Creatures,' 'Sexy Science,' and 'Cool Technology' demonstrates his desire to reveal how science is cultural activity that provides exciting and relevant change to the world." (CHOICE, January 2009)"This selection from Michael Gross' work of the past fifteen years is a welcome and refreshing treat … .An excellent tool for introducing students to the many facets of science." (ChemBioChem, November 2008)

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저자(글) Michael Gross

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Michael Gross, born in 1963, began studing chemical engineering in Karlsruhe, but moved to chemistry at the univeristies of Marburg and Regensburg. After his Ph.D. in physical biochemistry he worked seven years at the Oxford Centre for Molecular Science in the field of protein folding, including studies of Alzheimers and Parkinsons diseases. Since 1993 he started with science journalism and wrote many popular science books (Life on the Edge, Travels to the Nanoworld, Light and Life, Astrobiology), some of them in German and English language. He is now writer in science at the Birkbeck College, London, and a regular contributor to several prestigeous journals and magazins like Chemistry World, Current Biology, Chemistry and Industry, The Independent, Nature, New Scientist, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Suuml;ddeutsche Zeitung and many more.