It Ain’t Necessarily So … Bro

02 November 2006

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Dr Karl explodes our most common ‘mythconceptions’, including whether the daddy long legs is really the most venomous spider in the world and whether a frog will really sit in a pot of gently warming water, and unknowingly boil itself to death.

Are virgin births possible? Would cockroaches survive a nuclear holocaust? Will a black hole suck you in? Is the most radioactive device in our homes the microwave? Dr Karl will discuss the answers to these and other fascinating science questions posed in his new book 'It Ain't Necessarily So...Bro'.

Part of the ANU 2006 Meet the Author series.

Broad Topics: Physical Science

Sub-topics: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth & Marine Sciences, Science Communication

Areas: ANU College of Science

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki used to be a ‘proper pukka scientist, engineer and doctor’, but is currently a popular author and science commentator on radio and television. He appears regularly on ABC radio, the BBC and Channel 7’s Sunrise program, writes a weekly column for Good Weekend magazine and is the Juilius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney.

In addition to his degrees in Physics and Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, and Medicine and Surgery, he has studied several nondegree years at various universities in Astrophysics, Computer Science and Philosophy.