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Mad Science : Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World by Randy Alfred; from the WIRED blog, This Day in Tech, founded by Tony Long is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mad Science : Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World about?
**365 days of inventions, discoveries, science, and technology, from the editors of __Wired__ Magazine.**On January 30, Rubik applied for a patent on his cube (1975). On the next day, 17 years earlier, the first U.S. Satellite passed through the Van Allen radiation belt. On March 17, the airplane "black box" made its maiden voyage (1953). And what about today? Every day of the year has a rich scientific and technological heritage just waiting to be uncovered, and __Wired__'s top-flight science-trivia book MAD SCIENCE collects them chronologically, from New Year's Day to year's end, showing just how entertaining, wonderful, bizarre, and relevant science can be.In 2010, __Wired__'s popular "This Day in Tech" blog peaked with more than 700,000 page views each month, and one story in 2008 drew more than a million unique viewers. This book will collect the most intriguing anecdotes from the blog's run-one for each day of the year-and publish them in a package that will instantly appeal to hardcore techies and curious laypeople alike.
Who reads Mad Science : Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Randy Alfred; from the WIRED blog, This Day in Tech, founded by Tony Long
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316318570
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, History, Reference
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (147 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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