Author Michael Brooks on the Next Slice of SciFi Show

Our guest on Slice of SciFi Show #174 will be author Michael Brooks, author of the book “13 Things That Don’t Make Sense.”

Brooks is a journalist and author. His first novel, Entanglement, was published by Random House Australia in December 2007. His first non-fiction book, 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense, an exploration of scientific anomalies, will be published this month (Aug. 08) by Profile Books in the UK and by Doubleday Broadway, a division of Random House, in the US & Canada. He is also a consultant at New Scientist, a weekly magazine with over three quarters of a million readers worldwide. Brookes has co-written a major TV series for Discovery Channel that will explore the known universe through the eyes and imagination of Professor Stephen Hawking.

Also lined up on the show is plenty of news and entertainment, along with special features to keep the geek in you alive and healthy.

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