Book
Edison's ghosts : the untold weirdness of history's greatest geniuses / Katie Spalding.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316529525 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Eccentrics and eccentricities > Anecdotes. Gifted persons > Anecdotes. Gifted persons > Biography. Gifted persons > History. Gifted persons > Humor. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Anecdotes. Personal narratives. Trivia and miscellanea. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 920.02 Spa | 31681010324028 | NONFIC | Available | - |
Katie Spalding spent ten years of her life studying maths, which is just about the upper limit on how much maths you can do before people start actively avoiding you at parties. She was awarded her PhD in 2018 for a thesis titled âGrowth and Geometry in Multi-Valued Dynamicsâ, which is a particularly mathematical way of saying she drew a lot of pictures and pointed at them while saying âlook, see?â and hoping nobody asked any follow-up questions.
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After leaving the world of academia, Katie worked at IFLScience where she mixed scientific explanation and news with humor to an audience of hundreds of thousands. She has supplied research for the TV show QI and its sister podcast No Such Thing As A Fish; her articles have also been seen in HuffPost, PoliticsMeansPolitics and the Maths in Schools journal, among others.
