How to Live Forever and 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Science

by Jha Alok

Everything you ever wanted to know about science in 35 bite size chapters.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Kieran Atter · Rating 2 out of 5]

My first gripe is that it contains very little chemistry (the best science!) More importantly, the chapters vary from really easy, 11-year-old level science, up to ridiculously difficult concepts to grasp in 10 short pages. I still have no idea what it was on about with the 11 dimensions of string theory for one. My final issue with this book is the fact that it repeats itself many times. Perhaps some of the chapters could have been merged and made slightly longer?

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good read, but I am sure I read most of this elsewhere, in Focus magazine or New Scientist or perhaps in another Alok Jha book? I know a lot of the things in here I skipped because it was familiar.

[Joel · Rating 2 out of 5]

After a year of it sitting half-read next to the bed gathering dust I had to give up on this one.

The science in it is interesting, definitely, but I just didn't find its presentation engaging enough to motivate me to come back to it: definitely a personal preference thing.

[Nabilah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was disappointed by the lack of references and citations. Popular science books should not be missing these.

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting as the title.

[Jade Pope · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very intresting