The Prehistoric Boy-Racer Gene - and Other Tales From Modern Science

Random House New Zealand, Auckland, 2003.

A collection of intriguing, entertaining and preposterous stories on scientific topics from around the globe. These humorous, short, timely pieces range from the truth about genetic engineering, how the NY Twin Towers were constructed, pieces of meteorite landing in Oamaru, the lowdown on spirulina, to how the Indian rope trick works and other strange but true facts. Each piece is illustrated with cartoon line drawings that add to the humour. Bob's irreverent and amusing style is firmly based in scientific fact. This is the perfect book for the person who wants to impress friends with statistics and obscure but fascinating and funny facts. These pieces originally appeared as newspaper columns in the Dominion Post. Bob Brockie is a scientist, cartoonist and writer. He's the author of a number of books including 'The Penguin Eyewitness History of New Zealand'.