132,957
edits
Changes
Newest Popular Science Reviews (view source)
Revision as of 06:19, 7 October 2014
, 06:19, 7 October 2014no edit summary
[[Category:Popular Science|*]]
[[Category:New Reviews|Popular Science]] __NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->
{{newreview
|title=The Human Body in 30 Seconds
|author=Anna Claybourne
|rating=5
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=Our body is an amazing machine, capable of performing a myriad of tasks simultaneously. Even when we are sleeping, our body is busy processing information, pumping blood, regulating temperature and filtering waste. When we are hurt, a host of repair systems jump into operation to sort out the damage. When we are invaded by a foreign body, our immune system works to repel the invaders. We are constantly making new discoveries about the wonderful way that our body works.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401474</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Gary Smith
|summary=As a sports fan and a maths teacher, I was thrilled to get the chance to read a book which claims to give us 'surprising and enlightening insights into the world of sports'. This is rather a frustrating read because it seems to have got the balance wrong in many cases. There are some chapters which are so short as to be barely worth reading – one merely points out that while humans can’t run as fast as cheetahs or perform gymnastics as amazing as that of a monkey, we’re better all-rounders than any other animal. This is true, but hardly seems worth wasting a page on, it’s so obvious. Then there are other chapters, like the interesting one detailing the points scoring system in the decathlon, which are good but could have been much better given more space. The decathlon one is a prime example of this – it’s five pages, so one of the book’s longer sections, but could surely have been excellent if it had gone into more detail. I can’t help thinking that dropping half of the sections and doubling the other half in length might have been the way to go here.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099584239</amazonuk>
}}