To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before
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  • Published: 6 February 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241542422
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $50.00
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To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before

A Joyous Journey Through All of Science

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6 Aug 2024
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6 Feb 2024
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5 Oct 2023
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5 Oct 2023
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A spellbinding and often hilarious history of (almost) the entirety of science from world-renowned immunologist Luke O'Neill

*The Irish Times Top 10 Bestseller*

Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. This hugely accessible history of science reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries.

For example, we meet Charles Darwin as he weighs up the pros and cons of marrying his cousin: 'constant companion' vs 'less money for books'. Tough call.

To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before covers everything from space travel and evolution to alchemy and AI. Written by one of our leading scientists, this is an insider's account that celebrates the joy of science. It is filled with all the juicy bits that other histories leave out.
  • Published: 6 February 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241542422
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $50.00
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Praise for To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before

If science and medicine were a theme park, Luke O'Neill is the best company on the wildest rides . . . serious and fun . . . expansive and detailed . . . a disruptive professor in his own class

Bono

Luke's brilliant wit and infectious passion makes for a fascinating and hugely entertaining read...a timely reminder of just why science and the scientists who have shaped our lives matter

Liz Bonnin

A lively, gossipy, story-filled delight, filled with fascinating factoids

Sunday Independent

Even the scientifically illiterate, like myself, could get it and have a whole new understanding of all kinds of things

Brendan O’Connor