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Why Am I Like This?

The Science Behind Your Weirdest Thoughts and Habits

by Jen Martin and Holly Jolley
Hardback
Publication Date: 31/01/2024

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Why can’t I stop taking photos? Why do I always feel like I’m missing out? Why can’t I remember why I walked into this room?

In Why Am I Like This?, Dr. Jen Martin delves into the science behind our strangest thoughts and habits, from why smells make us homesick to why we stick our tongues out when we’re concentrating.

Explaining the quirks and oddities of our daily lives in a comprehensive yet accessible way, this book is the perfect gift for anyone who has ever stopped to wonder ‘why?’.

ISBN:
9781761450426
9781761450426
Category:
Sociology & anthropology
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
31-01-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Books
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
140x197mm
Weight:
0.35kg
Jen Martin

Dr Jen Martin is an award-winning educator with a PhD from the University of Melbourne. She founded and teaches the University’s science communication program, runs the blog espressoscience.com, has a popular weekly radio segment, ‘Weird Science’, on Australia’s largest independent radio station Triple R and has been a co-host of Triple R’s popular Sunday science show, ‘Einstein-a-go-go’, for more than a decade.

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