Maggie Koerth-Baker

Autore di Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, ... Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion

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Opere di Maggie Koerth-Baker

Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury… (2009) 101 copie

Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us (2012) 70 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1981
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Kansas, USA
Attività lavorative: science journalist

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Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy… di Maggie Koerth-Baker

Strongly recommended. Koerth-Baker puts into clear and lucid terms the challenges facing us, and avoids polemic and politics along the way. This is a factual book, not a diatribe. It discusses the situation, gives massive amounts of background and context, and analyzes the possible outcomes in a rational, scientific way. Do not expect this book to support your viewpoint, no matter what it may be. Expect this book to make you think about your views.

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tarliman.joppos | Aug 20, 2013 |

Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark,… di Maggie Koerth-Baker

Any book presented by a concern calling themselves ‘Mental Floss’ is bound to be a tad alternative, and Be Amazing is no exception.

“Who says you can’t? It’s time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level” the book declares, with tips on how to achieve goals like ‘Find Buried Treasure’, ‘Become a Cyborg’ and ‘Be a Lovable Eccentric’.

The suggestions may be fantastical and the solutions non-PC, but the prose is witty, informative, practical and imaginative. Amusing and irreverent, Be Amazing is a fun read for the whole family and will make a wonderful present.… (altro)

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adpaton | Mar 26, 2009 |

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