The Further Inventions of Daedalus: A Compendium of Plausible Schemes

About this book

One of the longest-running jokes on the scientific scene the "Daedalus" column began in New Scientist in the mid-1960s and transferred to Nature in the 1980s. Each week it offers a new scheme to challenge accepted notions of scientific principles schemes that are neither feasible nor completely absurd. Always entertaining the Daedalus schemes often have a serious purpose and raise crucial questions about science (sample title: "A Womb with a View or At Least a Phone"). This delightful book compiles roughly one hundred of David Joness popular columns each of which exhibits a keen and approachable mixture of entertaining and thought-provoking material. Like the collection of articles that came before it this work will appeal to a broad audience of the scientifically curious.