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Title: The Secret House: The Extraordinary Science of an Ordinary Day by David Bodanis ISBN: 0-425-18842-6 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A look at the little things around us
Comment: Bodanis has taken our everyday world and exposed, magnified and explained it in a fascinating book. He takes us through a "typical" day and shows us what we don't see as we get up, shower, dress, go about our day and have dinner. In this he shows us what we don't see going on around us, and uses it as a chance to tell stories of how things came to be in our modern life [for example, talking about historical roots of the dining table]. For the most part, while he tells you about the millions of microscopic things that live on and around you, he does so without being alarmist. Sometimes though, I could have done without his information - he's ruined cakes for me now after a rather unsettling story of their making. In all the reader is entertained and may learn a thing or two. This book would go well with more serious books like "The Secret Life of Germs" by Philip M. Tierno. I also agree with another reviewer, the hard bound copy has spectacular pictures that make it worth the while to try and find that copy if you can.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good but No Index and Missing Photos
Comment: This is a republication of the book which was written in 1985. It's a very interesting read, but some of the material has probably surfaced elsewhere in the intervening period. It could use an index for future reference, and is missing the some 80 photographs found in the hardback. There are obvious typos in some places, probably because of editing to get the book into paperback form. I'd really suggest buying a used copy of the original, which I would give a 5 star rating to. The photos help a great deal to add to the text.
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Title: E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis ISBN: 0425181642 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Secret Family: Twenty-Four Hours Inside the Mysterious World of Our Minds and Bodies by David Bodanis, Daniel ISBN: 0684845938 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Body Book: A Fantastic Voyage to the World Within by David Bodanis ISBN: 0316100714 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: September, 1984 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Secret Garden: Dawn to Dusk in the Astonishing Hidden World of the Garden by David Bodanis ISBN: 0671663534 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: Masada: The Last Fortress by Gloria D. Miklowitz ISBN: 0802851681 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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