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Jim Lebans


Every week, Quirks & Quarks presents the people behind the latest scientific discoveries, and examines the political, social, environmental, and ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Over its lifetime, the program has won more than forty national and international awards for science journalism. Jim Lebans a multi-award-winning producer and space enthusiast at Q&Q.

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The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space
Written by Jim Lebans
Introduction by Bob McDonald

eBook | 256 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Science; Science - Astronomy; Science - Astrophysics & Space Science
978-1-55199-264-8 (1-55199-264-7)

November 19, 2008 | $18.95

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The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space
Written by Jim Lebans, Introduction by Bob McDonald

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ISBN: 9781551992648
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For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars.

Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks & Quarks, whose approach to science owes almost as much to Adams as it does...

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The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space
Written by Jim Lebans
Introduction by Bob McDonald

Trade Paperback | 256 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Science; Science - Astronomy; Science - Astrophysics & Space Science
978-0-7710-5003-9 (0-7710-5003-8)

February 19, 2008 | $22.99

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The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space
Written by Jim Lebans, Introduction by Bob McDonald

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For everyone who’s curious about what’s new under (and over and around) the stars.

Douglas Adams famously pronounced in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that the answer to life, the universe, and everything was 42. Quirks & Quarks, whose approach to science owes almost as much to Adams as it does...

Also available as an eBook.