![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzy_daveMchael Hanlon "The Science Of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" (Palgrave)
This was like discovering an extra, long-lost Douglas Adams book. It has the same blend of weird science, spot-on humour and philosophy that made the Hitchhikers series such a hit, without being a straight copy or a pastiche. It's also first-rate as a stand-alone popular science book, with something surprising in every chapter no matter how much you think you already know.
A jaunty and eclectic dose of scientific reality for readers whose only previous knowledge of science came, presumably, from Douglas Adams's goofy work of fiction..
This was like discovering an extra, long-lost Douglas Adams book. It has the same blend of weird science, spot-on humour and philosophy that made the Hitchhikers series such a hit, without being a straight copy or a pastiche. It's also first-rate as a stand-alone popular science book, with something surprising in every chapter no matter how much you think you already know.
A jaunty and eclectic dose of scientific reality for readers whose only previous knowledge of science came, presumably, from Douglas Adams's goofy work of fiction..
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}