Odd Science – Amazing Inventions: Discover the Weird and Wacky Science Behind History's Most Bizarre Inventions - Hardcover

Olstein, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843653737 ISBN 13: 9781843653738

Publisher: Red Shed, 2018

Synopsis

Odd Science: Amazing Inventions is filled with weird and wacky facts that you’ve never heard before. Read about the trainers made of spider silk, wonder at the first record played in space and tell your friends about the robot built in 1937.

Prepare to laugh, marvel and learn.

Inventions aren't always easy. Sometimes a humble leaf can get in the way. Developers have learned that one of the big hold ups in the creation of self-driving cars is teaching the cars to recognize changes in foliage as they drive the same routes each day.

Scientists have developed a flexible medical sensor using electrodes and regular chewing gum.

Odd Science: Amazing Inventions is filled with weird and wacky facts that you’ve never heard before. Read about the trainers made of spider silk, wonder at the first record played in space and tell your friends about the robot built in 1937.

There are facts about electricity being used as glue, facts about glow-in-the-dark cats and facts about nano-robots that can ‘swim’ inside the body during biopsies!

James Olstein beautifully illustrates these odd facts, and more, in a retro-inspired, quirky style. His designs aren’t meant to be taken literally, but you’ll laugh-out-load when you see a walking trashcan and wind towers made of carrots!

Prepare to laugh, marvel and learn.

Being a geek has never been so cool.

About this title

About the Author

James Olstein is an illustrator living in Philadelphia. He has illustrated for the BBC, Bob's Burgers, Monocle Magazine, Mental Floss, Scientific America, Sierra Magazine, economia, the Boston Globe and the National Constitution Centre. He has displayed his work at Spoke Gallery NYC, Galleries 1988 and Philadelphia Independents.

He runs a successful blog called Illustrated Science, that has been featured in The Verge and Geekadelphia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Shed
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843653737
• ISBN 13: 9781843653738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80