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The Element in the Room: Science-y Stuff Staring You in the Face

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Let the brains behind the hugely successful Festival of the Spoken Nerd take you on a rib-tickling, experiment-fuelled adventure to explain the everyday science staring you in the face.



''Made me go Hydrogen Argon, Hydrogen Arg...

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Product ID:9781844039722
Product Form:Hardback
Country of Manufacture:CN
Title:The Element in the Room
Subtitle:Science-y Stuff Staring You in the Face
Authors:Author: Helen Arney, Steve Mould
Page Count:224
Subjects:Popular science, Popular science, Humour, Humour
Description:Select Guide Rating
Let the brains behind the hugely successful Festival of the Spoken Nerd take you on a rib-tickling, experiment-fuelled adventure to explain the everyday science staring you in the face.



''Made me go Hydrogen Argon, Hydrogen Argon, Hydrogen Argon.'' Rufus Hound

As featured in Best stocking-filler books of 2017 - The Guardian

''Witty and clever writing, every topic is engaging, fun and in some cases laugh-out-loud funny...there are too many highlights to mention'' - How it Works



  • Why is it impossible to spin your right foot clockwise while you draw a 6 with your right hand?

  • Can you extract DNA from a strawberry daiquiri?

  • Would you make love like a praying mantis?

  • Should you book a holiday on Earth 2.0?




The Element in the Room will take you on a rib-tickling, experiment-fuelled adventure to explain everyday science that is staring you in the face. If you are sci-curious, pi-curious or just the-end-is-nigh-curious then this is the book for you.

Steve Mould and Helen Arney are two thirds of science comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd. As a trio they have appeared on QI, created their own experimental* comedy show ''Domestic Science'' for Radio 4, toured their stand-up science shows to over 50,000 nerds (and non-nerds) and accumulated millions of views on YouTube.

''These nerds are the real deal'' - Ben Goldacre, author of BAD SCIENCE

''They make science fun and understandable which is a great combo.'' Sandi Toksvig

''MIND BLOWN.'' Tim Harford

''Science was never such hilarious explosive fun.'' Richard Herring

''This book is 37% better than mine. But it took 100% more nerds to write it.'' Matt Parker (the other third of Spoken Nerd)


Imprint Name:Cassell Illustrated
Publisher Name:Octopus Publishing Group
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2017-10-05