You may know the author, Robert Krulwich [1], as co-host of the insufferable Radiolab [2]. He's made a career out of "explaining" science like this. [1] https:

You may know the author, Robert Krulwich [1], as co-host of the insufferable Radiolab [2]. He's made a career out of "explaining" science like this. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Krulwich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Krulwich [2] http://www.radiolab.org/ http://www.radiolab.org/