Dr Karl's Collection of Great Australian Facts and Firsts
$30.34
- Paperback
402 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2002
Summary
In the Great Australian Facts & Firsts series, Dr Karl gives us quirky, factual details about nature, science, and people. Dr Karl rampages on, doing what he does best: writing about scientific discovery and endeavors from an expert point of view. The ability to popularize science and clarify scientific jargon is what gives this author best-selling status. And he doesn’t just let us in on the facts behind the success stories—he sometimes lets us in on the disasters. These books are wonder…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780207198601 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0207198608 |
| Author: | Karl Kruszelnicki |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 402 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 519g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 25mm |
About The Author
Karl Kruszelnicki
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM just loves science to pieces, and has been spreading the word in print, on TV and radio and online for more than thirty years. The author of forty-eight books, Dr Karl is a lifetime student with degrees in physics and mathematics, biomedical engineering, medicine and surgery. He has worked as a physicist, labourer, roadie for bands, car mechanic, filmmaker, biomedical engineer, taxi driver, TV weatherman, and medical doctor at the Children’s Hospital in Sydney. Since 1995, Dr Karl has been the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney. In 2019 he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularisation of Science, previous recipients of which include Margaret Mead, David Attenborough, Bertrand Russell and David Suzuki.
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