PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Kathryn Harkup is a chemist and author. Kathryn completed a doctorate on her favourite chemicals, phosphines, and went on to further postdoctoral research before realising that talking, writing and demonstrating science appealed a bit more than hours slaving over a hot fume-hood. For six years she ran the outreach in engineering, computing, physics and maths at the University of Surrey, which involved writing talks on science topics that would appeal to bored teenagers (anything disgusting or dangerous was usually the most popular). Kathryn is now a freelance science communicator delivering talks and workshops on the quirky side of science. She is the author of A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Death by Shakespeare.
Harkup has a true skill for turning complicated ideas into easily digestible and endlessly fascinating reading... An entertaining, page-turning, sure-fire hit with all fans of 007. * Library Journal * Whichever Bond is your favourite - and it really ought to be Daniel Craig - Harkup's book is a fun and comprehensive exploration of the not-so-gentlemanly spy's improbable exploits. Could someone die from being painted gold? Are nanobots really the next big thing in mass assassinations? And what's the best way to really get past a bunch of hungry crocodiles? Using science, practicality, and a good dose of wit to take apart the Bond machine, Harkup writes with clear and contagious affection for the franchise; peppered with just as much historical back story and film trivia as scientific analysis, the book also offers an appreciation for just how difficult it was to film those hungry crocs, for example. If this book doesn't inspire a Bond movie marathon, then you're reading it upside down. * Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, author of Ouch! *
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