The Further Inventions of Daedalus Author:David Jones One of the longest-running jokes on the scientific scene, the "Daedalus" column began in New Scientist in the mid-sixties and transferred to Nature in the eighties. Each week it offers a new scheme to challenge accepted notions of scientific principles, schemes that are neither feasible nor completely absurd. Always entertaining, the Daedalus sc... more »hemes often have a serious purpose and raise crucial questions about science. This delightful book complies roughly 100 of the columns and, like the previous collection of columns, it should appeal to a broad audience of the scientifically curious.« less