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title = "The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science - Matt LaMothe, Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski, David Macaulay"
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date = 2019-02-17
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[taxomonies]
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tags = ["books", "reviews", "en-au", "science", "illutations", "matt lamothe", "julia rothman", "jenny volvovski", "david macaulay"]
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A science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose 75 of
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today's hottest artists onto life's vast questions, from how we got here to
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where we are going. Inside these pages some of the biggest (and smallest)
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mysteries of the natural world are explained in essays by real working
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scientists, which are then illustrated by artists given free rein to be as
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literal or as imaginative as they like. The result is a celebration of the
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wonder that inspires every new discovery. Featuring work by such contemporary
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luminaries as Lisa Congdon, Jen Corace, Neil Farber, Susie Ghahremani,
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Jeremyville, and many more, this is a work of scientific and artistic
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exploration to pique the interest of both the intellectually and imaginatively
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curious.
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(This is getting quite common on my reviews but) This is a weird book.
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Now, don't get me wrong: The idea the title gives is that they are going to
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give you the where, the why and the how, but they actually mean the questions
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"where", "why" and "how". A lot of the answers is, basically, "we don't know
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yet" -- which, by the way, is completely fine, specially when dealing with
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proper science.
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Also, the questions are not really "trivia"-like: they go more deep than simply
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"Why are plants green?" and the like. And, because you have no certain
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questions, it gets even more nerd-like -- which, again, is completely fine.
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(Also, the illustrations: meh)
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