The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries: ...and Other Amazing Cosmic Facts - Jillian Scudder

Descriere The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries: ...and Other Amazing Cosmic Facts - Jillian Scudder

\nAn offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts. \n \nAstrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light-hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts that her work has revealed, and tells us how we have actually managed to discover these amazing truths. \n \nDid you know: the galaxy is flatter than a credit card; supermassive black holes can sing a super-low B flat; it rains iron on a brown dwarf, and diamonds on Neptune; you could grow turnips on Mars if its soil weren't full of rocket fuel; the Universe is beige, on average; Jupiter's magnetic field will short-circuit your spacecraft - and, of course, the Milky Way smells of rum and raspberries.\n

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ICON BOOKS

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9781837731015

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