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Synopsis
How can you live forever? What does it take to create life? How can we find other universes? Will we ever talk to aliens? What do you need to build a brain? How to Live Forever is the essential survival guide for anyone who has ever been baffled by science. Embarking on a journey from the very small to the very big, readers will be taken on a glorious tour of the universe, taking in cloned sheep, alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way. You'll discover how to travel through time, how to start (and cure) a plague, how the mind works, how to turn sunbeams into oak trees, how to boil a planet, how Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility works and much, much more. Both informative and enjoyable, this is a rip-roaring tour through the wonders of the natural world.
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About the Author
Alok Jha is a science journalist based in London. He has worked as a science correspondent for the Guardian and ITN, and made science programmes for BBC TV and radio
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The most entertaining and extraordinary guide to modern science.
How to create a universe.
How to clone a sheep.
How to start a plague.
How to live forever.
How to heal the sick.
How to turn sunbeams into oak trees.
How to become invisible.
How to put the world in order.
How to make artificial life.
How to find ET.
How to connect everything to everything else.
How to make lightning.
How to split an atom.
How to know the mind of God.
How to grow faster than your twin.
How to get life started.
How to predict the unpredictable.
How to avoid extinction.
How to heat up a planet.
How to make the universe work.
How to build a brain.
How to build your own Earth.
How to control the weather.
How to survive in space.
How to discover the missing ingredients of the universe.
How to programme your genes.
How to find other universes.
How to break codes.
How to live with uncertainty.
How to know yourself.
How to spot a pseudoscientist.
How to become a cyborg.
How to read minds.
How to think like an ant.
How to save the world.
From the Inside Flap
Will we ever talk to aliens?
How do you make a cyborg?
What does it take to create life?
How to Live Forever is the essential survival guide for anyone who has ever been baffled by science. In a series of intriguing, entertaining and often extraordinary scenarios Alok Jha brings to life 35 key science ideas in a way that anyone can understand.
From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, taking in cloned sheep, alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way. You'll discover how to travel though time, how to start (and cure) a plague, how the mind works, who to turn sunbeams into oak trees, how to boil a planet, how to turn invisible and much, much more.
Both informative and enjoyable, this is a rip-roaring introduction to the wonders of modern science.
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- PublisherQuercus Publishing
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1849164827
- ISBN 13 9781849164825
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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