Here Comes the Sun
How it feeds us, kills us, heals us and makes us what we are
$35.95
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
‘Illuminating!’ Professor Brian Cox
‘Every Steve Jones book is a masterclass in clear and captivating writing with tantalising detours into beguiling anecdotes. Here Comes the Sun is dense with ideas and stories and, like all his books, it will change the way you see the world around you’ Robin Ince
Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns of activity, makes che…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349143378 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349143374 |
| Author: | Professor Steve Jones, Steve Jones |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 28mm |
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With wry wit and real clarity, geneticist Steve Jones examines the Sun and our relationship to it. It’s a nimble narrative, from the physics of the “hydrogen bomb in the sky” to its impact on the biosphere, water cycle, food chain, human health and climate change. Jones braids in gripping storylines - on conditions linked to lack of sunlight (such as the bone disease rickets) and the interplay between night, day and sleep - and many throwaway gems, from primates urinating on themselves to stay cool, to the boiling-porridge turbulence of convection on the solar surface - Nature
A richly readable guide to all things solar … one of the country’s best writers of popular science. His wit, insight and ability to home in on a subject’s most memorable facts enliven Here Comes The Sun from the start - Daily MailAbout The Author
Professor Steve Jones
Steve Jones is a Senior Research Fellow at University College, London and has worked at universities in the USA, Australia and Africa. He gave the Reith Lectures in 1991 and presented a BBC TV series on human genetics and evolution in 1996. He appears frequently on radio and television.
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