In Extra-Ordinary, Aparna takes us on a journey through the everyday universe – apples on the kitchen counter, the colour blue in the sky, a flower on a windowsill, even the insistent tug of her dog Oreo’s leash – and reveals the astonishing science woven into each one of them.

With the curiosity of a researcher, the eye of an artist and the humour of someone who has learned to see wonder in the mundane, Aparna unpacks how apples are cloned, why blue is the rarest colour in nature and why dogs and humans never quite look at the same world.

Vivid, brilliantly written and full of the unexpected, Extra-Ordinary is a joyful reminder that you don’t need a laboratory – or even to leave your neighbourhood – to encounter the astonishing. All you need to do is look closely.

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