Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Great Mythconceptions
    Unavailable
    Great Mythconceptions
    Unavailable
    Great Mythconceptions
    Ebook263 pages3 hours

    Great Mythconceptions

    By Karl Kruszelnicki

    3.5/5

    ()

    Unavailable in your country

    Unavailable in your country

    About this ebook

    'Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one,' said Albert Einstein. Is the toilet seat cleaner than the office desk? Did Man really land on the Moon? Is the Black Box black? Does a soul weigh 21 grams at the time of human death? Did Einstein fail school? Why isn't a quantum leap huge? Do we really use only 10% of our brain? Did hydrogen seal the fate of the Hindenburg airship? Does a duckᱠquack echo? Is there really a truth serum? Is a camel's hump full of water? And is it really written in the stars? Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney. He appears on triple J and other ABC radio stations, the BBC and is a regular on Channel 7's 'Sunrise' program. this is Dr Karl's 23rd (ooh that's a prime number) book, based on his popular column 'Mythconceptions'.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateAug 1, 2012
    ISBN9781743096536
    Unavailable
    Great Mythconceptions
    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 47 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, of which previous recipients include Margaret Mead, David Attenborough, Bertrand Russell and David Suzuki.

    Read more from Karl Kruszelnicki

    Related to Great Mythconceptions

    Titles in the series (2)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Science & Mathematics For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      KILLER In The Cove

      Jul 7, 2021

      KILLER In The Cove
      4 min read

    • Article

      Married To A MUDERER

      Apr 20, 2022

      Married To A MUDERER
      3 min read

    • Article

      Living Well

      May 26, 2021

      Living Well
      2 min read

    • Article

      Down To Health

      Jul 3, 2019

      Down To Health
      4 min read

    • Article

      Dear DOCTOR

      Oct 6, 2021

      Chris Young works as a children’s specialist for Golden Hare Books, an independent bookshop based in Edinburgh – this involves trying out all sorts of ways to get kids into reading. She also works as a part-time librarian, doing a similar job! She ha

      3 min read

    • Article

      Certainly Not!: Good science requires cultivating doubt and finding pleasure in mystery.

      Jun 27, 2013

      Physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi grew up in an immigrant family in New York City in the early 20th century. When he came home from school his mother would not ask him what he learned that day, as his friends’ mothers did. She would ask him, “Did you ask a

      8 min read

    • Article

      Vac Attack!

      Jun 20, 2021

      Vac Attack!
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Next TINY Thing

      Jun 14, 2023

      The Next TINY Thing
      3 min read

    • Article

      Human. Nature.

      Dec 10, 2018

      Human. Nature.
      5 min read

    • Article

      Your Questions Answered

      Apr 13, 2022

      Your Questions Answered
      8 min read

    • Article

      Q&A

      Oct 1, 2020

      Q&A
      6 min read

    • Article

      Q&A

      Aug 11, 2021

      Q&A
      5 min read

    • Article

      Brain Dump

      Jan 21, 2021

      Brain Dump
      4 min read

    • Article

      The End Of Life On Earth?

      Jan 23, 2018

      The End Of Life On Earth?
      11 min read

    • Article

      Shower Power

      Mar 29, 2023

      Shower Power
      6 min read

    • Article

      Know Thy Enemy Mosquitoes

      Oct 26, 2023

      Both male and female mosquitoes are nectar feeders, and useful flower pollinators, but females need a good protein-rich blood meal for egg production. And, thanks to millions of years of evolution, they have become adept at tracking that meal down. T

      5 min read

    • Article

      Q&A

      Jun 25, 2020

      Q&A
      6 min read

    • Article

      Your Questions Answered

      Jun 8, 2022

      Your Questions Answered
      9 min read

    • Article

      Your Wellbeing

      Jul 13, 2022

      Cleaning expert Lyndsey Crombie, TV’s Queen of Clean Having a tidy and clean home isn’t just good for keeping dirt and bacteria at bay – it’s also good for your physical and mental health. Cleaning means you’re moving your body with all the benefits

      2 min read

    • Article

      Strange But True

      Aug 18, 2023

      They play a very important role in touch, allowing you to feel objects that you hold in your hands and operate things like computer keyboards and cellphones with your fingers. If you didn’t have them, it would feel like you were constantly wearing gl

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Great Mythconceptions

    3.5/5

    12 ratings2 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      Another great book about debunking commonly held beliefs
    • 5/5
      Very fascinating! Nice quick trivia / corrections to old wives tales. Loved it.