Scudder Jillian - The Milky Way Smells Of Rum And Raspberries . And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: An offbeat guided tour of the Universe focusing on weird and wonderful facts. Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light - hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts that her work has revealed and tells us how we have actually managed to discover these amazing truths. Did you know: the galaxy is flatter than a credit card; supermassive black holes can sing a super - low B flat; it rains iron on a brown dwarf and diamonds on Neptune; you could grow turnips on Mars if its soil weren't full of rocket fuel; the Universe is beige on average; Jupiter's magnetic field will short - circuit your spacecraft - and of course the Milky Way smells of rum and raspberries.
Title: The Milky Way Smells Of Rum And Raspberries . And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts
Author(s): Scudder Jillian
Publisher: Icon Books
Barcode: 9781837731015
Pages: 252 Pages
Publication Date: 9/14/2023
Category: Popular Astronomy & Space