The Edumacation Book Amazing Cocktail-Party Science to Impress Your Friends

by McElfresh, Andy; Smith, Kevin; Dake, Kelsey

• ISBN13: 9781681883014
• ISBN10: 1681883015
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-03-20
• Publisher: Weldon Owen

Summary

Edumacation podcast co-host Andy McElfresh leads readers on an expedition to the most bizarre and extraordinary outskirts of scientific discovery! Open this book and open your mind: You’re about to get Edumacated!

• Foreword by Kevin Smith
• All-new content presented in the style of the beloved Edumacation podcast
• Exclusive Edumacation-centric super-fan crossword puzzle

 
 

Class is now in session with Professor Andy McElfresh (not a real professor), science aficionado and co-host of the Edumacation podcast with Kevin Smith. This is the book that gives you a crash course in Cocktail-Party Science, the strange and astonishing scientific facts that you’ll want to share at all your social gatherings.

Chapters explore the Four Chambers of Knowledge—The Sci, The Fi, The Why, and The Bye—and examine such tantalizing topics as:

• Elevator Decapitations and a Deadly Wedgie

• Bigfoot, Mermaids, and the Mongolian Death Worm

• Dolphins Getting High Off Puffer Fish Toxin

• Staggering Feats of Shaolin Monks

• The Pentagon’s Weaponized Heat Ray

• Flying Cars, Real Telepathy, and Other Breakthroughs of Tomorrow

. . . and many more!

Open this book and open your mind: You’re about to get Edumacated!

Author Biography

Andy McElfresh is the co-host of the Edumacation podcast, as well as the screenwriter of White Chicks. He was formerly a writer and segment director for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, created Nickelodeon’s Rocket Power cartoon, was a writer for MTV, Comedy Central, and the Keenan Ivory Wayans Show, and was the first employee at the Zagat Survey. He lives in Los Angeles.

Kevin Smith is a New York Times bestselling author and the co-host of the Edumacation podcast. He wrote and directed Clerks and Chasing Amy, directed episodes of The Flash, Supergirl, and The Goldbergs, and produced the Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting. He lives in Los Angeles.