There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science
by Leah Elson, MS, MPH
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Pub Date Jun 27 2023 | Archive Date Jul 11 2023
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Description
With a following approaching the likes of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Leah Elson draws upon her wildly popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, for an irreverent debut that answers all sorts of scientific questions—from the age-old to the ridiculous to the sublime—posed by her fans around the world.
There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science was born from Leah’s popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, wherein her avid followers, from all around the world, suggest topics to be explained within sixty seconds.
In the vein of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson and The Complete Manual of Things That Might Kill You: A Guide to Self-Diagnosis for Hypochondriacs by Jen Bilik, There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science provides easy-to-understand and delightfully cheeky explanations for scientific and medical quandaries, and is appropriate for everyone from those with no prior scientific knowledge to colleagues in the scientific field.
A Note From the Publisher
Marketing Plan
- National publicity campaign
- National reviews campaign
- Targeted outreach to science and women in STEM publications
- Digital and print advertising campaign
- Creative social media campaign
- Mailing to influencers on Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube
- Bookseller and library show marketing
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9798200864935 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 222 |
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Featured Reviews
Chris C, Reviewer
Let’s say you’re out walking in your garden watching bees pollinate the flowers and you start worrying about the little critters, wondering if they are dying off. And that leads you to ponder, for whatever crazy reason, whether honey is made from bee poo. Well it just so happens that “There are (No) Stupid Questions…in Science” by Leah Elson has answers to both questions and about a hundred more. Written to inform with a breezy style and with a scattershot sense of humor that sometimes might tickle an adolescent’s funny bone and other times would only make sense to an adult.
The topics are wide-ranging and interesting—my favorites were Tardigrades (fascinating little creatures that I’m going to learn more about); finding out that the vacuum of space has an odor (not in a million years would I have thought of that question); and that yes, you can die of a broken heart (not a common death otherwise there'd be a lot fewer country music singers).
The illustrations, also by Elson, are fun and often funny.
This book is like potato chips in that once you start reading you can’t stop at just one topic!
Recommended at 5 out of 5 stars.
Disclaimer: This book is an advance review copy (ARC) that I was given by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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