NanoScience: Giants of the Infinitesimal

Things are getting smaller, but how do we illustrate what we can’t see in an engaging and compelling way? NanoScience: Giants of the Infinitesimal reveals an exciting new world invisible to the naked eye, showing the iridescence of peacock and butterfly wings isn’t down to pigments but structures so small we can’t see, and provides a snapshot of this rapidly evolving field: from the omnicompetent potential of graphene, through to nanomedicine and quasicrystals. Science writer Peter Forbes and sculptor Tom Grimsey further uncover the amazing possibilities that nanotechnology offers, from clean harvesting solar energy to the production of smart materials. Born out of a project of the same name by Grimsey, the book features some amazing imagery taken from research to make some of the most important innovations of this century accessible to anyone. NanoScience: Giants of the Infinitesimal by Peter Forbes and Tom Grimsey, Papadakis, May 2014, £24.99 We have a copy of NanoScience to give away – to be in with a chance of winning, just email your name, address, organisation or institution to phil.prime@laboratorynews.co.uk by 29^th August 2014. Check out a Big Ask with Peter Forbes here.