Ka-Boom!

<b>David Darling travels through space and time to find the largest smallest stickiest loudest quietest fastest slowest heaviest and brightest...</b> <p/><b>What's the brightest light on Earth? The coldest corner of the universe? The blackest material ever made? The most poisonous substance in nature?</b> <p/>'You will learn something new in every chapter on every page and probably in every paragraph. Hugely entertaining.' <b>Kit Yates author of <i>The Maths of Life and Death</i></b> <p/><i>Ka-boom!</i> probes extremes of size and speed depth and density and reveals the stickiest sweetest smelliest and nastiest substances known to science. <p/>In an unabashed celebration of the exceptional David Darling takes an enlightening journey through the universe's weirdest and most wonderful extremes.<br> <ul> <li>Travel to far-flung galaxies in pursuit of habitable planets and extra-terrestrial life.</li> <li>Journey to the rainforests of South America and discover the top-speed of the notoriously sluggish sloth.</li> <li>Find out how Earth's hardiest creatures - tardigrades or 'water bears' - ended up living on the moon.</li> <li>And meet the scientists and engineers using these quirks of nature to design faster computers produce greener energy and revolutionise space travel.</li> </ul>