Why does a lap dancer earn bigger tips when she's at her most fertile? Can just the whiff of a woman send a man's hormones surging? And were dinosaurs hot-blooded too? Is it true that diet portions actually make people fatter? Can toads really predict earthquakes? And what causes those ...what's the word I'm looking for ...tip-of-the-tongue experiences? Thankfully not lost for words in this enlightening and humorous foray into the world of science, Dr Chris Smith - The Naked Scientist - strips down science to its bare essentials to sort fact from fiction and replace myths and misinformation with some seriously interesting medical, technological and biological breakthroughs.
Author Biography
Dr Chris Smith is a medical doctor and scientist, employed as a specialist registrar and clinical lecturer in virology at Cambridge University and Addenbrooke's Hospital. He is also the founder and driving force behind The Naked Scientists, a multi-award-winning BBC live weekly science radio talk talkback show downloaded by millions of people worldwide as a podcast and aired by broadcasters internationally. Chris appears regularly on ABC Radio National's Breakfast and The Science Show.
