Don't get me wrong--I love geeks and trivia filled books. My problem was that I decided to read this like a book. If I had just grabbed some friends and skimmed through--picking and choosing as I went--it would have been both informative and hilarious. Instead, it came off as trying too hard t...
Just about what it says on the tin: a mixed bag of interesting facts, paradoxes to consider, puzzles, and logic problems to sharpen your brain on. Probably not the best time to choose to read this, as I appear to have flu right now, but it was pretty interesting. It's presented fairly badly, thou...
says Jearl Walker, Cleveland State professor and author of the classic book Flying Circus Physics. And when he got the professor gig, he decided to investigate why. First, he filmed himself throwing forward punches and then measured the distance his hand traveled each frame to discover where the ...