IFLSCIENCE 117 THINGS YOU SHOULD F*#KING KNOW ABOUT YOUR WORLD

With 25 million social media followers, I F'ing Love Science is the world's favorite source of science on the web, loved for its irreverent but celebratory approach to nerdy subject matter. In its first book, IFLS will educate while entertaining the masses on the most interesting and far-out facts about health, nature, the brain, space, and much more.

117 Things You Should F*#ing Know About Your World is a compendium of the greatest articles from IFLScience's long history, broken up by leading subjects -- Health & Medicine, Plants & Animals, Technology, the Brain, Space, the Environment, Chemistry, and Physics. Each chapter opens with a new and irreverent introduction to the subject and collection of stories by author Paul Parsons, and the book features fascinating sidebars on related stories, photos, and illustrations throughout.

From pinpointing the exact worst time to be alive in human history, to learning what makes you a procrastinator or a go-getter, to the very key to a happy sex life, and so much more, this is the science book that only the world's leading source of crazy-but-true stories could produce.


The writers of IFLScience not only have a passion for science but they all have a background in various scientific fields. They consist of certified doctors of the stars and masters of the quirky world of quantum; neuroscientists and lovers of fluffy animals, sea creatures, and wildlife conservation; biologists and chemists. Safe to say they know what they are talking about!

Paul Parsons has been an editor and author specializing in popular science for more than 20 years. His work has appeared in New Scientist, the Guardian, Men's Health, and many more publications both in print and online. His books include The Science of Doctor Who, Science in 100 Key Breakthroughs, and The Beginning and the End of Everything. He lives in Buckinghamshire, England.