The Undercover Scientist : Investigating the Mishaps of Everyday Life

ISBN-13: 9780099522423 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 247 str.

Peter J. Bentley

Opis

We all know that things go wrong: wine stains, toast burns, drawers jam. But how many of us stop to think why these things happen? Undercover scientist Peter Bentley is fascinated by the science of the everyday, and in this book he looks into the reasons why mishaps occur.

Recenzje

Finally the answer to all the crap that pisses you off Zoo

O autorze

Professor Peter Bentley is one of the most creative thinkers in computer science, working with scientists of all different disciplines to model virtual experiments. He is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, University College London and is known for his prolific research covering all aspects of Evolutionary Computation and Digital Biology. He is the author of the popular science books The Book of Numbers (Cassell Illustrated), Digital Biology (Simon and Schuster USA), and the academic books The PhD Application Handbook, Evolutionary Design by Computers, Creative Evolutionary Systems and On Growth, Form and Computers. He is the host of the Royal Institution's monthly Café Scientifique, contributing editor for Wired UK and a regular contributor to programming for the BBC and Discovery Channel.