Paperback

A Neutron Walks Into A Bar is now available in PAPERBACK!

We're excited to announce that the Science 140 book, A Neutron Walks Into A Bar is now available in bookshops across Ireland and online in paperback. It will fit even better into stockings this Christmas! 

We'd like to thank the brilliant Dara Ó Briain  for his supportive quote on the new front cover:

Paperback Competition!!

To celebrate our paperback version, we have four copies of our book to give away. All you have to do is tweet using #science140 & you're in the draw. The closing date for entries is 31st October 2013.

Best of luck!

Congrats to @ColinTheMathmo @JurePeklar @KerryTaylorSmit & @_Raqawi who won a paperback 'A Neutron Walks Into A Bar': http://t.co/spaZB5amtE
— Science 140 (@science140) November 1, 2013

~ The Science 140 Team

Books at ScienceOnline2013

We're delighted to announce that A Neutron Walks into a Bar has been chosen as one of the books that will be highlighted at this year's ScienceOnline conference in North Carolina.

During the conference attendees have the oppportnity to look at these books and at the end of the conference everyone walks away with at least one book to read, review and talk about online.

It is brilliant to be included on this list. Thanks a million ScienceOnline!

See the full list here.

Highlights in Twitter Pics

Here are some of our Twitter pic highlights over the past few months... enjoy!

@science140 A Neutron Walks into CF House.... staff excitement, WE LOVE THE BOOK! #cysticfibrosis #neutron #cf #buyit twitter.com/cf_ireland/sta…
— CF Ireland (@cf_ireland) October 19, 2012

Taking inspiration from @science140 our girls have decorated the corridors with their own science facts #scienceweek twitter.com/kookychemist/s…
— Lisa Darley (@kookychemist) November 12, 2012

Review on guardian.co.uk

Great news for fans of A Neutron Walks Into A Bar! We're been reviewed on the Guardian site by the wonderful science blogger, Dean Burnett.
 

A science book written in an interesting way... The whole book is full of short fun snippets in this style. If there was any justice, they would be found in Christmas crackers or fortune cookies, not terrible mummified jokes or half-arsed predictions.

 Read the full review here.

#Neutron Reviewed

Hey @science140, my students like your (our) book, see: goo.gl/HuJnG #neuron
— Hanny van Arkel (@hannyvanarkel) October 25, 2012

It's been a whirlwind month! We've been on national radio and featured in a number of newspapers and websites.  We've also made it onto the Gutter Bookshop Christmas Picks 2012 where we're one of the picks of the best non-fiction!

Today, we'd like to highlight a number of people who have blogged about A Neutron Walks Into A Bar:

Mark Lorch wrote:

The result is a wonderful book (and I'm proud to have contributed to it) from which anyone and everyone can learn a thing or 2 (thousand).

If I didn't have a copy already I'd defiantly be asking for one in my stocking.

Read more here

Hanny van Arkel wrote:

So you thought twitter was cool?! Did you know ‘it’ wrote a book? I don’t mean the founders of twitter, but the tweeple – who share their stories in no more than 140 characters on a daily basis... So my twitter friends and I wrote a book! And it’s fun. And it’s about science!

Read more here

Anthea Lacchia wrote:

Not only does it aid charity, but it’s the kind of entertaining book you can pick up and flick through anytime. You’re sure to find out something new every time you open it. What started off as a unique social media project has turned into the ideal Christmas stocking filler.

Read more here

Thanks for your support everyone!

Team Science140

Science 140 @ Spot On London

One of Team Science140, Maria Delaney, brought A Neutron Walks Into A Bar and the concept of Science 140 to London last weekend.

She hosted a workshop along with Catherine McGuinness (Natural History Museum) and Ian Bruswick (Science Gallery) at this year's Spot On London conference.

The workshop explored how to use Twitter as an effective means of science engagement and each of the presenters brought a different experience to the table. You can watch it back here.

They also made the workshop interactive by setting up a number of Twitter accounts for people to test out during the session including David Cattenborough, Brian Cox's Dog and Vanguard1. The Storify of this session is quite funny as a result!

Prior to the conference, Maria also wrote a case study about Science 140 which was published on the Spot On website (hosted by nature.com).

Great to see people engaging in the animal exercise at the #solo12twitter session twitter.com/briankelly/sta…
— Brian Kelly (@briankelly) November 12, 2012

Official Photos from the Launch

Last night was A Neutron Walks Into A Bar was launched by Dr. Aoife McLysaght in the Science Gallery, Dublin. Thank you so much to everyone who came and made it such a success. We had an amazing night!

All photos below are by Lensmen

Team Science 140 - Humphrey, Aoibhinn, Maria & Paul at the launch

Pre-Launch Tweet

For Science fans in Ireland, this book is well worth looking out for science140.org
— Dara O Briain (@daraobriain) October 23, 2012

'A Neutron Walks Into A Bar' - Out Now!

The day has arrived at last! A Neutron Walks Into A Bar is available online and in bookshops around Ireland from today.

Let us know what you think of the book via Twitter using #neutron.

All royalties go directly to cystic fibrosis research. For more information about this partnership, click here.

A Neutron Walks Into A Bar (RRP €14.99) is available through:

Surprise in the Post

The Science 140 team received a nice surprise in the post today. An envelope came through out letter boxes and inside was a shiny new copy of 'A Neutron Walks Into A Bar'!!

We were so excited to finally have the book in our hands (our plants & animals like it too).

'A Neutron Walks Into A Bar' is hitting shelves across the country in less than a week (18th October).  You can pre-order it on Amazon or The Book Depository now. All royalties go to cystic fibrosis research.

The Tweet that Inspired Science 140

With exactly 2 weeks until A Neutron Walks Into A Bar is on bookshelves around the country, it's time for a bit of nostalgia! Here's the tweet that inspired the concept of #Science140:

'A Neutron Walks Into A Bar' out on 18th October

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The #Science140 team are getting their party clothes ready as A Neutron Walks Into A Bar will be hitting bookshelves across Ireland in less than 3 weeks!

Add 18th October to your calendar as you'll be able to walk into bookshops across Ireland and purchase a shiny new copy of A Neutron Walks Into A Bar.

Of course, you can always pre-order your copy now on Amazon.co.uk now! Every cent of royalties goes directly to cystic fibrosis research.

In other news... check out this brilliant article by Paul O'Dwyer (Team #Science140) in Ireland's Dental Magazine about how a charity social media project made the journey from Twitter to bookshops across the land: Click here (Page 16-17)

'A Neutron Walks Into a Bar' Available to Pre-Order on Amazon Now!

The Science 140 book, 'A Neutron Walks Into a Bar', is available to pre-order on Amazon now. Our book contains thousands of science and nature facts, descriptions, poems, biographies, jokes and experiments - all in less than 140 characters (tweet sized). It's the perfect coffee-table / toilet book for the science geek, pub quiz merchant or anyone wanting to update their "useless information bank". Buy one, buy fifty. But most importantly, by purchasing 'A Neutron Walks Into A Bar', you will be helping fund research projects with the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland. Exciting times! Here is the Amazon description:

Fun, quirky and informative, A Neutron Walks Into A Bar... is a collection of facts, definitions, explanations, biographies and jokes guaranteed to quench a thirst for knowledge, discovery and humour that's out of the ordinary.

You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover But ......

Here is a sneak peek at the cover for the Science 140 book 'A Neutron Walks Into a Bar' - the collection of the best #science140 tagged tweets expertly compiled by the Science 140 team. Now I know you can't judge a book by its cover but we think it rocks! Let us know your thoughts. The book will be released on October 18th 2012 and will be available to pre-order on Amazon shortly is available to pre-order on Amazon now!.

A Neutron Walks Into A Bar

It's been almost a month since the Science 140 project finished collating tweets so we think it's time for an update.

Firstly, thank you so much to everyone who contributed to #Science140. The final tally was staggering with thousands of tweets (over 60,000 words worth!) written by hundreds of contributors. The team spent many hours intensely reading tweet after tweet trying to pick the best for the book. This was a difficult job considering the high quality of the submissions we received. Everyone certainly rose to the challenge of condensing complicated topics into bite-size science!

We are delighted to announce that we have secured a book deal and our first draft is now submitted. Inspired by #Science140 tweets, the title of the book is A Neutron Walks Into A Bar. All proceeds of the book are going to research into cystic fibrosis through our partners in the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland.

A Neutron Walks Into A Bar will be published this October. We'll be keeping you up-to-date with news via this website and @Science140.

Thank you so much for making this project a success!

The Science 140 Team
Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain, Humphrey Jones, Maria Delaney & Paul O'Dwyer