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Water, torture and weirdness: great science books for curious minds - C C - Dec 11, 2015
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/water-torture-and-weirdness-great-science-books-for-curious-minds-1.2453281
EXCERPT: If you are looking to give a curious mind a present this festive season, or if you are looking to feed your own curious mind, then a science-related book could be just the thing. Included:
The Water Book: The Extraordinary Story of Our Most Ordinary Substance
Smashing Physics: Inside the World’s Biggest Experiment
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
Through the Looking Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers, and Numbers Reflect Life
Snowflake Seashell Star: Colouring Adventures in Numberland
Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation
New Scientist book series (Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?; Why Can’t Elephants Jump?; Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps?)