How to Speak Science ― Essential Concepts Made Simple--from Why the Sky Is Blue to How Relativity Works, and Everything in Between

What is static electricity? How do magnets work? Is light made of waves or particles? What, really, is the theory of relativity all about? And who were all those great scientists—from Ptolemy, Archimedes, and Copernicus to Descartes, Hume, and Newton, and many, many more? Why do we still hear their names today?

In How to Speak Science, scientist and YouTube personality Bruce Benamran reminds us that, in this age of smartphones, artificial intelligence, supercolliders, supercomputers, and other cutting-edge technology, we’ve lost touch with many of the most basic science concepts on which our information age is based. And in simple, math-free explanations and just-the-good-parts historical recaps, he shows us that the landmark science and history’s greatest scientists and discoveries don’t have to remain beyond our grasp.

Bruce Benamran launched e-penser, his YouTube channel devoted to explaining advanced science in simple terms, in August 2013. Since then, he has gained 975,000 followers in his native France, and another 25,000 at his recently launched English-language channel. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Strasbourg, and he lives in France.