num_pages: 224
description: One of the longest-running jokes on the scientific scene, the "Daedalus" column began in New Scientist in the mid-1960s and transferred to Nature in the 1980s. Each week it offers a new scheme to challenge accepted notions of scientific principles, schemes that are neither feasible norcompletely absurd. Always entertaining, the Daedalus schemes often have a serious purpose and raise crucial questions about science (sample "A Womb with a View, or At Least a Phone").This delightful book compiles roughly one hundred of David Jones's popular columns, each of which exhibits a keen and approachable mixture of entertaining and thought-provoking material. Like the collection of articles that came before it, this work will appeal to a broad audience of thescientifically curious.
language: English
title: The Further Inventions of Daedalus: A Compendium of Plausible Schemes
titlecomplete: The Further Inventions of Daedalus: A Compendium of Plausible Schemes
genres: Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Oxford University Press