Simon Flynn, author of The Science Magpie, is interviewed by Popular Science

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The Science MagpieSimon Flynn, author of The Science Magpie: A hoard of fascinating facts, stories, poems, diagrams and jokes, plucked from science and its history, has been interviewed on PopularScience.co.uk.

Why science?
I love nearly everything about it. Obviously this includes the archetypes of science such as laws, processes, theories etc. But I also really enjoy those things that extend beyond science as just a body of knowledge – the personalities, the stories, its relationship with society, and so on.

Read more of the interview here.

We have also been sharing fascinating science facts in graphic form with you over on ScienceMagpie.com, Tumblr, and Pinterest, so go and check those out.

Read more about The Science Magpie here and follow the Magpie himself at @science_magpie and on Pinterest @sciencemagpie.