THE MILKY WAY SMELLS OF RUM AND RASPBERRIES

AND OTHER AMAZING COSMIC FACTS

AUTHOR JILLIAN SCUDDER PUBLISHER ICON BOOKS PRICE £12.99 / $22.95 RELEASE 3 NOVEMBER

Space is full of things that humankind still doesn’t understand or hasn’t discovered yet, and what we do understand can seem downright weird. For example, black holes sing at a super-low B-flat, it rains iron on some brown dwarf stars and the centre of our galaxy smells like rum and raspberries. It’s these oddities in space that astrophysicist Dr Jilian Scudder has revealed in this humorous, witty and fascinating book. Short and concise chapters make this book a great read for anyone interested in science or someone intrigued about the universe who doesn’t want to take too deep a dive into the world of astrophysics.

A particularly amusing feature of this book are the footnotes. Scudder uses the traditional bibliography to inject some welcome humour, witty commentary and fun facts to the format. This book is both a pleasure to read and is guaranteed to improve your knowledge of space, whatever level that is. If you only pick up one book about space this year, then it