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"Adopting Adams' witty, punchy style, Hanlon's guide is a fun and vivid read. The science twinkles a little more than usual in such a zany setting...he tackles a wide range of cutting-edge topics with depth and authority."--"Nature""Good stuff...It's great the way Hanlon flits from one topic to another, weaving a web of scientific and technological ideas...his light style is ideally fitted to exploring the products of Douglas Adams' mind."--www.popularscience.co.uk"FOUR STARS: If you want to find out why the number 42 is so important catch the new movie. For a look at the facts it's based on you won't find many books more entertaining than this."--"Flipside Magazine""Michael Hanlon's book probes the possibilities inside the fiction with wit and scientist humour, throwing out questions such as 'Had [Adams] never posed the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, would Stephen Hawking have sold all those books attempting to answer it?' Not that you have to be a boffin to enjoy these ruminations, merely curious, as the late Adams himself clearly was, in both senses of the word."--Susie Maguire, "The Herald""Your brief: to explain the science of Life, the Universe and Everything. It's quite a challenge. But Michael Hanlon pulls it off with wit, energy and style."--"Nature""Enlightening and thought provoking--like having a pint with Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Johnny Ball." --"Daily Mail"
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"Adopting Adams' witty, punchy style, Hanlon's guide is a fun and vivid read. The science twinkles a little more than usual in such a zany setting...he tackles a wide range of cutting-edge topics with depth and authority."--"Nature""Good stuff...It's great the way Hanlon flits from one topic to another, weaving a web of scientific and technological ideas...his light style is ideally fitted to exploring the products of Douglas Adams' mind."--www.popularscience.co.uk"FOUR STARS: If you want to find out why the number 42 is so important catch the new movie. For a look at the facts it's based on you won't find many books more entertaining than this."--"Flipside Magazine""Michael Hanlon's book probes the possibilities inside the fiction with wit and scientist humour, throwing out questions such as 'Had [Adams] never posed the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, would Stephen Hawking have sold all those books attempting to answer it?' Not that you have to be a boffin to enjoy these ruminations, merely curious, as the late Adams himself clearly was, in both senses of the word."--Susie Maguire, "The Herald""Your brief: to explain the science of Life, the Universe and Everything. It's quite a challenge. But Michael Hanlon pulls it off with wit, energy and style."--"Nature""Enlightening and thought provoking--like having a pint with Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Johnny Ball." --"Daily Mail"
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