What Colour is the Sun?: Mind-Bending Science Facts in the Solar System's Brightest Quiz

by Brian Clegg

Brian Cleggâ€s quiz book-cum-science compendium explores surprising facts about physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, technology and the history of science in over 100 questions ranging from ‘Why do hands and feet go wrinkly in the bath?†to ‘What is Sagittarius A*?†Related facts and anecdotes accompany each question and, on the following page, the answer is explained and discussed.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

Published November 3, 2016

About the author

Brian's latest books, Ten Billion Tomorrows and How Many Moons does the Earth Have are now available to pre-order. He has written a range of other science titles, including the bestselling Inflight Science, The God Effect, Before the Big Bang, A Brief History of Infinity, Build Your Own Time Machine and Dice World.

Along with appearances at the Royal Institution in London he has spoken at venues from Oxford and Cambridge Universities to Cheltenham Festival of Science, has contributed to radio and TV programmes, and is a popular speaker at schools. Brian is also editor of the successful www.popularscience.co.uk book review site and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Brian has Masters degrees from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and from Lancaster University in Operational Research, a discipline originally developed during the Second World War to apply the power of mathematics to warfare. It has since been widely applied to problem solving and decision making in business.

Brian has also written regular columns, features and reviews for numerous publications, including Nature, The Guardian, PC Week, Computer Weekly, Personal Computer World, The Observer, Innovative Leader, Professional Manager, BBC History, Good Housekeeping and House Beautiful. His books have been translated into many languages, including German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Thai and even Indonesian.

Reviews

[kartik narayanan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the full review at my blog https://wp.me/p89tYT-c1

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What is the book about?

“What Color is the Sun?: Mind-Bending Science Facts in the Solar System’s Brightest Quiz” is written by Brian Cleggs, author of many articles and books on science.

This book is a collection of popular questions on science.

Read the full review at my blog https://wp.me/p89tYT-c1

[George Lai · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read half. A quiz book somehow didn’t translate to a book I want to read.

[Ala Wypiór · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most enjoyable. I really enjoy this short format.

[Lukas Christensen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had some interesting facts but was a heavy read.

[i wanna be a mermaid · Rating 2 out of 5]

varios hechos científicos interesante contados a manera de quiz