Mad Science: Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World - Randy Alfred

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Résumé :
365 days of inventions, 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). 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, bizarre, and relevant science can be.

Biographie:
Randy Alfred has been the editor of and a frequent contributor to 'This Day in Tech' since 2008. He joined Wired.com as a copy editor in 2007. He also worked as senior news writer at Paul Allen's Tech TV cable channel.

Pure delight. Where else do baseball, birth control and postage stamps come together? Mad Science follows the thread of science and technology through the fabric of our everyday lives. -- Richard Hart, Next Step TV, Technology Journalist