Product Description

Mark Pilkington's column ""Far Out"" appeared weekly in The Guardian's science supplement, for about two years. It charted some of the more curious byways, scenic detours and inspired failures of scientists, inventors and, yes, crackpots, over the past few hundred years. Here is a collection of those columns, revised and expanded. Written in a succinct readable style, each piece provides a useful, self-contained introduction to its topic, and contains enough information to allow readers to discover more if they so desire.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #209029 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

About the Author
Mark Pilkington is a freelance journalist, writer and editor. As well as writing the Far Out column for the Guardian (UK) he is a contributing editor to Fortean Times. He has also written for, amongst others, the
Times, The Wire, and Arthur. He is also the editor of the highly-praised anthology of cultural marginalia, Strange Attractor Journal.

Customer Reviews

Very enjoyable read
I normally find science books make me yawn (and often fall asleep) if I read them after 9pm but this one had me hooked right up to the last page. A very enjoyable read for anyone who's interested in the world of off-the-wall scientific claims of the past century.