Physics for Cats by Tom Gauld

Tom Gauld returns with Physics for Cats, his second collection of science-based cartoons for the New Scientist. Find out why every scientist worth his sodium chloride has a Tom Gauld cartoon taped to his electron microscope. This new batch of hilarious gags will be as important to every self-respecting scientist as a lab coat and goggles and oversize rubber gloves.

Find out what the hadron’s news alert about CERN says! Everyone asks, “What is dark matter?” and “Where is dark matter?” but do they ever take the time to ask, “How is dark matter?” Based all on previous data, we can predict with a 99.99% certainty that you will either laugh, guffaw, chortle or snort (we don’t have a large enough sample set to be able to say which particular type of mirth you will experience.)

What happens to a cat who goes through a wormhole?

About the Author: Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator with weekly comic strips in the Guardian and New Scientist and his comics have been published in the New York Times and on the cover of the New Yorker. He is the author of Goliath, You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, Mooncop, Baking with Kafka (winner of an Eisner Award), Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, Revenge of the Librarians and most recently Physics for Cats. He lives and works in London.

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09 Oct 2025
 

Physics for Cats by Tom Gauld ISBN 9781837265305