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The Undercover Scientist
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
As he does so he explains exactly what happens when you put metal in a microwave (the electric field inside the oven causes the metal to heat up like a light bulb filament) and why getting the juice from chilli peppers in your eye is so painful (the peppers contain a chemical that fools your nerve-endings into behaving as though they've been burnt). From there he goes on to show how these simple events form part of a pattern of scientific principles that govern everything around us.
If you want to find out how a diesel engine is able to run on chip fat or why lightning actually does strike the same place twice, The Undercover Scientist has all the answers.
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- LJLC
- 24-02-14
Well done, but.....
Is there anything you would change about this book?
I gave up after a couple of hours as I felt that the information was too simplistic. I waited, minute by minute to hear things improve, but they didn't.
Would you be willing to try another book from Peter J Bentley? Why or why not?
Possibly.
Was The Undercover Scientist worth the listening time?
Sadly, no.
Any additional comments?
Noticeably, (for me), a great and easy-on-the-ear narration. Content was unsuitable, though.
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- Mr K
- 02-03-19
Very cool book
Funny story of a day in the life of a very unlucky man. The day is full of mishaps which the author breaks down to explain the science.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Kevin Hallas
- 05-08-10
High School Science as a Story...
This book is well structured and informative, it uses a nice narrative to introduce ideas. I am a bit disappointed with the simplification. Maybe I was expecting too much! I think it would be ideal for a high school science student to see how the things they learn affect their everyday lives...
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- Mr James A McGill
- 05-05-17
fascinating listen
what a fantastic listen breaks down complicated science into everyday occurrences in a fun and entering way we'll recommended
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- chikwan
- 29-10-14
Too simplistic
Was The Undercover Scientist worth the listening time?
No
Any additional comments?
Everything discussed I would have classed more as general knowledge rather than science specifically. Too simple even for pop. science category.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Axel
- 28-04-10
schoolmasterly...
I was really a bit disappointed by this book. I had hoped for something as entertaining and instructive as Bill Bryson's A Short History og Nearly Everything. However, the author is clearly not Bill Bryson in talent as a writer. Even some of the science is not up to date ..such as the consequences (or lack of) of sleeplessness...
Unfortunately, also the narration has a schoolmasterly tone..a schoolmaster who tries hard to be entertaining but somehow just isn't...
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