Books@Stones event: 50 Ways to Die in Space by Eileen O'Hely

Join us at Books@Stones on 15 May to celebrate and discuss 50 Ways to Die in Space by Eileen O'Hely and Nico O'Sullivan. 

Space: the final frontier.
Beautiful. Intriguing. Mysterious.
But if you go there, YOU WILL DIE!

The human body is perfectly adapted to the conditions on Earth. But blast that fragile body into the extreme and varying environments of space and it won't fare so well – and that’s only if you survive the take-off!

From scorching million degree temperatures, to pressures that would instantly squish you to the size of a ping pong ball, O'Hely and O'Sullivan present – in excruciating and scientifically accurate detail! – the physics and physiology of existing (and ceasing to exist) in deep space.

Dr Eileen O’Hely is an award-winning children's writer and literary competition judge. Eileen holds a double degree in Arts/Science (Hons) from Melbourne University and a PhD in Astrophysics from UNSW. Her day jobs have included university tutor, English teacher, website producer, and sports journalist. When Eileen is not making lists of all the ways space tries to kill humans, she tells planetarium audiences about how fascinating it is.