The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry, by Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle, HarperCollins, 2005, 249 pages, $16.95 (ISBN 0-06-093677-0) The inherent conflict of terminology in the title "The Cartoon Guide to ...
Booms and stinks are the fun parts of chemistry. Understanding the principles behind them rather less so, and many a potential chemist abandons ship as their college course sails into the quagmire of ...
Are bananas actually that slippery? Could spinach give you superhuman strength? And what the heck is Toon Acid? This week, watch some cartoons alongside our writer and host, Sam Jones, and learn ...
American film critic Pauline Kael wrote a book of movie reviews called "I Lost it at the Movies: Film Writings 1954-1965." A number of scientists and engineers may actually find "it" at the movies.