Just Another Day: The Science and Technology of our Everyday Lives - Hardcover

Hart-Davis, Adam

 
9780752873343: Just Another Day: The Science and Technology of our Everyday Lives
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0752873342 ISBN 13: 9780752873343
Verlag: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2006

Inhaltsangabe

In his brilliantly idiosyncratic style, Adam Hart-Davis takes the reader through his day and shows just how much science and technology surrounds us all the time, from the alarm clock that wakes us up to the duvet we go to sleep in. We learn not just about how a modern, radio controlled alarm clock works, but also about the first one ever made - by Ktesibios in Alexandria in the third century BC. Written with all his characteristic enthusiasm, this is a book that will appeal to his many fans and to anyone who simply wants to understand more about our everyday world, and how very different our lives would be if scientists and inventors hadn't at some stage achieved what they did.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Born and raised in Henley-on-Thames, Adam Hart-Davis attended Eton College before studying for an MA in chemistry at Oxford University and later a DPhil in Organometallic Chemistry at the University of York. After carrying out three years' postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta in Canada, he took up a role at the Oxford University Press, editing science texts and chess manuals.

His work in broadcasting began in 1977 when he joined Yorkshire Television as a researcher for Magnus Pyke, David Bellamy and Arthur C. Clarke among others.
Adam has since followed an eclectic career path, but is best known as the presenter of a wide range of hugely popular television series, such as Local Heroes, What the Romans Did For Us and Science Shack. But as well as being television's favourite science enthusiast, he is the author of many books on popular science, including Why Does a Ball Bounce? and What the Past Did For Us. He is also a keen photographer and cyclist, and currently lives in Bristol with his partner, Sue Blackmore.

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Verlag
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0752873342
ISBN 13 
9780752873343
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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