Amazon to Zodiac - by Barry Evans (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Discover long-lost stories of science spanning thousands of years of Life on Earth in this journey through our universe's most peculiar properties. Amazon to Zodiac takes readers on a journey through science's biggest, tiniest, weirdest, and wildest stories from the realms of explorers and inventors to space, evolution, myths, and more through 101 bite-sized chapters. Tour the pyramids, learn forgotten languages, re-invent the wheel, sail the seven seas, meet the dinosaurs, roam the universe, and uncover the truth beyond mysteries. Combining boundless curiosity with inexhaustible skepticism on each and every page, science writer Barry Evans collects the most fascinating tales from our natural world to show that science is not only extremely valuable, but utterly exciting as well.

Review Quotes

"This unique volume addresses 101 scientific topics in short, accessible, two-to-three-page entries frequently laced with humor."

"Barry Evans's playful essay collection Amazon to Zodiac addresses fascinating questions related to anthropology, engineering, history, linguistics, mathematics, and astronomy [...] The book's discussions are jovial, approaching complicated topics in an accessible, humorous manner [...] Illuminating a world of possibilities, Amazon to Zodiac is an entertaining reference text that gathers pivotal ideas and events from science and history."

About the Author

Barry Evans writes a regular science column for the North Coast Journal of Humboldt County, California. A retired civil engineer, he is the author of The Wrong-Way Comet and Everyday Wonders, has published many local histories of Northern California, and produced segments for his local NPR affiliate. Evans lives in Old Town Eureka, CA with his wife Louisa Rogers, several kayaks and bikes, and a stuffed gorilla named "Nameless."