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Game of knowns : science is coming / Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

By: Kruszelnicki, Karl, 1948- [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Sydney : Macmillan, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742613345 (hardback)Subject(s): Science -- Popular works | Science -- MiscellaneaDDC classification: 500 Summary: The inimitable Dr Karl reigns once more in his Dynasty of 34 Science Books with scintillating science scenarios, techie tales and tasty morsels to sate even the most haemoglobin-thirsty of his army of followers. In Game of Knowns, he divulges why psychopaths make good kings, how smartphones dumb down our conversations, why the left side of your face is the most attractive, how the female worker bee gets a raw deal and why we drink beer faster when it is served in a curved glass. He discloses the amazing opportunities that 3D Printing will bring, the magic of hoverboards, solemnly shares why dark matter matters, and spills the scientific basis of wealth distribution.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
wnor- Book	Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction	500 KRU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31111056494915

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Previous	500 CAB The infographic guide to science / Science	500 COX Forces of nature / Science. Earth sciences	500 HAW Brief answers to the big questions / Religion and science. Science Philosophy and science. Inquiry (Theory of knowledge)	500 KRU Game of knowns : science is coming / Science	500 KRU Dr Karl's random road trip through science / Discoveries in science. Curiosities and wonders. Science	500 MOF AsapScience : answers to the world's weirdest questions, most persistent rumours, and unexplained phenomena / Science Science.	501 DAW The magic of reality : how we know what's really true / Science Science. Naturereignis. Naturphilosophie. Naturverständnis. Welt. Verstehen. Reality. Nature. Science - Miscellanea. Science - Philosophy.	Next

Includes bibliographical references (page [285]-292)

The inimitable Dr Karl reigns once more in his Dynasty of 34 Science Books with scintillating science scenarios, techie tales and tasty morsels to sate even the most haemoglobin-thirsty of his army of followers. In Game of Knowns, he divulges why psychopaths make good kings, how smartphones dumb down our conversations, why the left side of your face is the most attractive, how the female worker bee gets a raw deal and why we drink beer faster when it is served in a curved glass. He discloses the amazing opportunities that 3D Printing will bring, the magic of hoverboards, solemnly shares why dark matter matters, and spills the scientific basis of wealth distribution.

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