Roger Highfield
Author of The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works
About the Author
Roger Highfield is science editor of The Daily Telegraph and a regular broadcaster on the BBC. He lives in London.
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Works by Roger Highfield
The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey (1998) 528 copies, 9 reviews
The Arrow of Time: A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mystery (1990) — Author — 492 copies, 3 reviews
Albert Einstein 2 copies
Associated Works
Harry Potter - A History of Magic: The Book of the Exhibition (2018) — Contributor, some editions — 1,013 copies, 4 reviews
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series) (2012) — Contributor — 837 copies, 17 reviews
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- Legal name
- Highfield, Roger
- Birthdate
- 1958
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- Greenwich, London, England, UK
- Occupations
- science editor
journalist
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Reviews
Can Reindeer Fly? The Science of Christmas by Roger Highfield
Only my sister, my lifelong partner in crime, could find a book that addresses my love of all things Christmas & physics! What a laugh we all had until she said open it, read the opening of a chapter. I immediately did so looking for a Chapter page. If I recall, it explained the aerodynamics of how reindeer fly. The book wasn't quite the gag I thought, it was a relatively legitimate research paper explaining various traditions from a scientific perspective. A great gift for Closet Christmas nerds!… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 2,476
- Popularity
- #10,356
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 29
- ISBNs
- 88
- Languages
- 10
